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The spine of the manuscripts should show the title of research report/dissertation/thesis, name
of author, year of submission and name of degree. The year of submission must be in
accordance with the year when the research report/dissertation/thesis is submitted (Figure 3.8
and 3.9). If the title of the research report/dissertation/thesis exceeds the space of the spine,
a smaller font size can be used (i.e. font size 16 to 14) or alternatively the title can be truncated
with ellipses (…) (Figure 3.10).

PRIVATIZATION IN ALGERIA: POLICY AND PhD
AMIR GHORBANI
PERFORMANCE 2017

Figure 3.8: Spine format

Figure 3.9: Example of spine format

THE EFFECT OF GEOGRAPHICAL REGION ON PhD
KWONG SIU YEE
THE TRANSITION TIME OF CMMI-BASED … 2017

Figure 3.10: Spine format for long title

3.11 Word Limit

The maximum word limit for a submission for examination is shown in Table 3.2.

Table 3.2: Maximum word limit
Master’s Programme
Research Report Dissertation (by Dissertation
(by Coursework Mixed mode) (by
or by Clinical) Research)
30,000 words 40,000 words 60,000 words
Doctoral Programme

Dissertation (by Thesis Thesis (by
Coursework or (by Mixed Research)
by Clinical) mode)

60,000 words 80,000 words 100,000 words

30