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Thesis Format

The document provides guidelines for undergraduate students on the general style and format of a thesis document. It outlines the required components of a thesis including the paper size and margins, font type and size, pagination, and the order and structure of the typical thesis contents such as the title page, abstract, chapters, references, and appendices.

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Thesis Format

The document provides guidelines for undergraduate students on the general style and format of a thesis document. It outlines the required components of a thesis including the paper size and margins, font type and size, pagination, and the order and structure of the typical thesis contents such as the title page, abstract, chapters, references, and appendices.

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT’S GUIDE TO Theisis PREPATATION

General Style and Format of Thesis document

1. Paper Size and Margins


 A4 is the recommended project size.
 The left, right, top and bottom margins at least 1 inch.

2. Font Type and Size


 Fonts appropriate for a project is only Times New Roman.
 The font size should be 12-point and should not be scripted or italicized except for scientific
names and terms in a different language.
 Line and paragraph spacing 1.5
 Bold print may be used for headings.
 Text in tables should not be less than 8-point.
 Preliminary pages, except the title page, preceding Chapter 1 must be numbered in lowercase
Roman numerals (ii, iii, iv, etc.).
 Body of project is paginated with Arabic numbers, starting with number 1 on the first page of
Chapter 1.
 Every page must be numbered consecutively.
3. Project Contents
The Content project lists in sequence all relevant subdivisions of the project with their
corresponding page numbers.
It includes:
 Title page
 Acknowledgements
 Abstract
 Table content, List of Tables and List of Figures
 Text of the project
 References
 Appendices

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Text of the project


 The body of a thesis normally consists of sections which are organized as chapters.
 A chapter may be divided into major sections and subsections.
 Main or primary headings within chapters are to be centered while sub-headings are left
justified.
 Tertiary headings are not listed in the Table of Contents.
 The main sections and subsections of a chapter may be identified by numbers where the
former are regarded as being the first level. For example, Sections 2.1 and 2.2 would denote
two consecutive main sections in Chapter 2, and Sections 3.1 and 3.2 would denote two
consecutive main sections in Chapter 3.
 A subsection would be found in a major section of a chapter, and is regarded as the second
level. It should be numbered 2.1.1., 2.1.2., etc. The numbering style should be consistent
throughout the thesis and should be limited to 4 levels.
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Problem of the study
1.3 Objective of the study
1.3.1 General Objective
1.3.2 Specific Objective
1.4 Significance of the study
CHAPTER II
LITERATURE REVIEW
CHAPTER III
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Design development/Approaches for problem solving)
CHAPTER IV
RESULT AND DISCUSSION

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CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Title Page
Titles have to be well studied, and to give, so far as its limits permit, definite and concise
indication of what is to come. The title of your project should state your topic exactly in the
smallest possible number of words. Put your name, the name of your college and department,
hosting company, the name of your advisors, and date of delivery under the title.

Abstract
The abstract is a single paragraph not longer than one page, which give to the reader a brief
summary of the project. It needs to show a reasonably informed reader why a particular topic is
important to address and how you will do it. To that end, it needs to show how your work fits
into what is already known about the topic and what new contribution your project will answer,
establish why it is a significant question, show how you are going to answer the question. Do not
put information in the abstract that is not in the main text of your project. Do not put references,
figures, or tables in the abstract.

Background of the study/Introduction


The introduction is the part of the proposal that provides readers with the background
information for project. The following things should be addressed in the introduction:

- Sufficient background information to allow the reader to understand the context and
significance of the question you are trying to address,
- Proper acknowledgement of the previous work on which you are building,
- Sufficient references,
- It should be focused on the project/research question(s)

Problem of the study


Here under this topic you have to address the reason why you are going to do your project, i.e.
the problems that can be solved by the project should be addressed clearly.

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Objective of the study


The specific and general objective of the study must be specified in clear and proper way in the
project paper. The general objective is the main aim of the project, for example if your project
title is Design and development of coffee pulpure, “the general objective of the project is in order
to design and develop coffee pulpure so as to improve………….” Whereas the specific objective
of the project addresses the tasks that can be done in order to achieve your general objective.

Methodology of the study


Here under this line the methods that are used to accomplish your specific objectives must be
stated.

Literature Review
A literature review is a description of the literature relevant to a particular field or topic. It must
be organized around and directly related to the research question you are developing.

Design Development/Approaches for problem solving


Here under this topic you have to devise different mechanisms or approaches to overcome the
problem of the project.

Result and discussion

Here under this topic you have to discuss the design parameter of your project and giving
physical meaning and interpretation of your mathematical description.

Conclusion and Recommendations


The project should also include proper conclusions based on the findings of the project. In
addition, at the last the student should give their recommendations.

References
You must give the references to all the information that you obtain from books, papers in the
journals, and other sources. The information you give in the reference list must be enough for
readers to find the books and papers in the library or a database.

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For a book give a reference like this:


- The author
- The year of publication
- The title and the edition number.
- The name of the publisher
- The page number for your reference
For example: Cengel, Yunus A. and Boles, Michael A., Thermodynamics, an Engineering
approach, 5th ed., 2005

For an internet reference give in this like:


- The author of the web page
- The title of the item in the web page
- The date at which the item was posted on the web page

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