Wednesday 27 July 2011

Guide to Thesis Preparation

Guide to Thesis Preparation
by: School of Graduate Studies UPM

Language (BI or BM) - style (American or British)

Number of Words in a Thesis Title: not exceed 20 words

Number of pages: Master Thesis (not exceed 150 pages), PhD Thesis (not exceed 250 pages):  excluding tables, figures, and appendices.

Type of Paper: simili A4 size (210mm x 297mm), paper (80g)

Typeface and Font Size: 
Typeface: The entire text of the thesis, including heading and page numbers, must be produced with the same fort or typeface.
Font Size: should be 12-point and not be scripted or italicized except for scientific names and terms in a different language. 
Bold print may be used for heading. 
Footnotes and text in tables should not be less than 8-point. 
Same fonts appropriate for a thesis include: Arial, Book Antiqua, Bookman, Palatino, Tahoma, Times New Roman

Margins: left (40mm), right, top, bottom (25mm)
Spacing: thesis typed (double-spaced), between paragraphs and section (4 spaces), single spaced (footnotes, quotation, references or bibliography, multi-line caption, appendices, questionnaires, letter, and heading or subheadings)

Binding: thesis should be bound with a BLACK hard cover. 
Thesis spine: lettered in GOLD, using 20-point font (name, degree, year)
Front cover: lettered in GOLD, using 18-point gold block (title, name, degree, univ, year)


~~~GOOD LUCK~~~

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