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Postgraduate Handbook 2017/2018

These formats serve as a generic guideline for the postgraduate candidates in
writing a research report/dissertation/thesis.

(1) Conventional Format

The conventional format follows the traditional monograph structure. The
structure of research project, dissertation or thesis that follows the
conventional format should include the following:

Preliminary
 Title Page
 Original Literary Work Declaration Form

 Abstract
 Abstrak
 Acknowledgements
 Table of Contents
 List of Figures
 List of Tables
 List of Symbols and Abbreviations

 List of Appendices
Main Body
 Chapter 1: Introduction
 Chapter 2: Literature Review

 Chapter 3: Methodology
 Chapter 4: Results
 Chapter 5: Discussion

 Chapter 6: Conclusion
 References (A consolidated list of references for all chapters)
Supplementary
 List of Publications and Papers Presented
 Appendix

(2) Article Style Format

Apart from the conventional style of writing, a research
project/dissertation/thesis can also be presented in the chapters that are in the
format of journal article. The number of chapters to be included is at the
discretion of the author, depending on the suitability of the chapters in answering
the research questions.

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