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Check if your final dissertation / thesis meets the below formatting requirements.
Title page
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Order of pages and numbering
Preliminary pages (Should not be numbered)
- Title page
- Declaration form
- Copyright and information to users
- Abstract (in English and in Arabic – for thesis & dissertations)
- Dedication (optional)
- Acknowledgements
Content listings (Should have roman pagination i.ii.iii.iv. etc. beginning with the table of contents)
- Table of contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- List of definitions and/or abbreviations
Text (Regular page numbers 1, 2, 3... starts from here till appendices)
- Introduction, chapters and conclusion
- Times new roman - 12-point typeface is the recommended standard for general use.
End pages
- List of references/bibliography
- Appendices
Margins
- The margin on the left (binding edge) must be 2.5 cm.
- The margin on the right and the top must be 3 cm.
- Bottom of the page must be 2 cm
Spacing
- Use double line spacing throughout the body of the text.
- Single-spacing is acceptable for quotations, footnotes, captions, etc. and within items in the bibliography.
- Layout should be reasonably uniform in length of line and the number of lines per page.