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2.1.9 List of Appendices
This list is optional and contains the titles of appendices placed in the supplementary
section

2.2 Main Body
Candidates and supervisors should ensure that the text follows the agreed conventions of the
individual faculty. The main body in the research report/dissertation/thesis must be organized
following the guidelines as mentioned below:
• Text must be organized in titled chapters.
• The chapter titles must reflect the content of the chapter.
• Every chapter must begin on a new page.
• Chapters can be divided into sub-chapters with corresponding sub-titles.
• Titles and sub-titles must be numbered.

There is no restriction on the total number of chapters in a research report/dissertation/thesis.
The number of chapters differs according to the field of study conducted by the candidate
whether it is science-based or social science-based. However the content of the chapters may
differ according to the candidate's research or conventions of individual faculty.

Generally, a research report/dissertation/thesis will have the following basic structure:
• INTRODUCTION
• LITERATURE REVIEW
• METHODOLOGY
• RESULTS
• DISCUSSION
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES

Items in the structure are divided into separate chapters and the descriptions of these chapters
are as follows:

2.2.1 Introduction
This chapter contains the introduction to the issues in which the research is concerned
with, the aims and objectives of the study, and the scope or outline of the research
approach as well as the structure of the research report/dissertation/thesis.

2.2.2 Literature Review
A literature review is a description of the literature relevant to a particular field or topic
of study. It consists of a critically written and comprehensive account of the published
works on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers. A critical literature review is a
critical assessment of the relevant literature. It is directly related to the research,
providing information on theories, models, materials and techniques used in the
research. The literature review should be comprehensive and include recent
publications which are relevant to the research.

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