Language: The Thesis must be presented in the English language.

 

The thesis must include a statement of the candidate’s objectives and must acknowledge published or other sources of material and any assistance received.

 

The copyright of the thesis is vested in the candidate.

 

At least three copies of the thesis in its final form must be prepared and submitted to the Institute. One copy will be marked by the Institute’s Mentor / Tutor and the other copy by an External Examiner. The final version of the Thesis will be lodged in the Library of the Institute.

 

Where a candidate wishes the thesis to remain confidential for a period of time after completion of the work, application for approval must normally be made to the Institute at the time of registration. In case where the need for confidentiality emerges at a subsequent stage, special application for the thesis to remain confidential after submission must be made immediately. The period approved shall not normally exceed two years.

 

Where the Institute has agreed that the confidential nature of the candidate’s work is such as to prelude the thesis being made freely available in the library of the Institute immediately on completion of the programme of work, the thesis shall be held on restricted access for a time not exceeding the approved period of two years.

The Institute’s examiners will decide whether they wish the Ph.D. Candidate to appear in front of a panel in order to defend his Thesis. 
 

The candidate whose final draft copy of the thesis is not satisfactory to the examiners, the examiners will allow the candidate to revise the draft and submit again.

The candidate shall re-submit for re-examination within the period of one calendar year from the latest of the dates of either the oral or other approved alternative examination or of any further examination. Where the Institute has dispensed with the oral examination the re-examination shall take place within one calendar year of the date of this dispensation. In any of the above cases the Institute may for good and sufficient reasons and on application by the sponsoring establishment approve an extension of this period.

 

The examiners must give the candidate guidance of the deficiencies of the first submission.

 

(a)  Where the candidate’s performance in the oral or written examination was satisfactory, but the thesis unsatisfactory and the examiners then certify that the thesis as revised is satisfactory, the Institute may exempt the candidate from further examination, oral or otherwise;

(b)  Where on the first examination a candidate’s thesis was so unsatisfactory that the Institute dispensed with the oral examination, any re-examination shall normally include a re-examination of the thesis and an oral or approved alternative examination.

(c)  Where on the first examination a candidate’s thesis is considered satisfactory but the performance in the oral and / or written examination (s) does not satisfy the examiners the candidate may, on the recommendation of the examiners and with the approval of the Institute, be re-examined in the oral and / or other examination (s) subject to the time limits prescribed;

(d) Where on the first examination the thesis satisfies the examiners but the candidate’s performance in relation to other requirements for the award of the degree is not satisfactory, the examiners may propose instead a different form of re-examination to test the candidate’s abilities.

 

The binding shall be of a fixed type so that leaves cannot be removed or replaced. The front and rear boards shall have sufficient rigidity to support the weight of the work standing upright.

 

The outside front board shall bear the title of the work in at least 24pt type. The name and initials of the candidate, the qualification and the year of submission shall also be shown on the front board. The same information (excluding the title of the work) shall be shown on the spine of the work.

 

Copies of the thesis shall be presented in a permanent and legible form either in typescript or print. Where copies are produced by any photocopying processes, there must be of a permanent nature.

 

A4 paper of good quality and sufficient opacity should be used. Only one side of the paper should be used; margins shall be as follows:

Left (Binding edge) 40 mm

Other margins 20 mm

 

Pages shall be numbered consecutively through the main including photographs and/or diagrams which are included as whole pages. Such photographs and / or diagrams shall be firmly fixed in place, and where appropriate indexed separately by reference to the facing page. Page numbers shall be located centrally at the bottom of the page and 20 mm above the edge of the page. The pagination of appendices shall be continuous but distinct from the main text.

 

The title page shall give the following information:

i)    the full title of the thesis;

ii)   the full name of the author, followed, if desired, by any qualifications or distinctions;

iii)  the qualification for which the thesis is submitted to the Institute and a statement that it is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for this degree;

iv)   the sponsoring establishment in which the research was conducted and the collaborating establishment, if any;

v)    the month and year of submission.

 

The candidate is free to publish material in advance of the thesis but reference should be made to any such work in the thesis. Copies of published material should be either bound in with the thesis or placed in an adequately secured pocket at the end of the thesis.

 

There shall be an abstract bound into the thesis which provides a synopsis of the thesis stating the nature and scope of the work undertaken and of the contribution made to the knowledge of the subject treated. Abstracts of Theses are deemed to be an integral part of the work to be examined and must be produced in strict accordance with the following requirements:

 

 

i)    the abstract must not exceed 300 words, must be produced in single – spacing on one side of A4 paper and must be suitable for photographic reproduction;

ii)    the abstract must show the author and title of the thesis in the form of a heading;

iii)   three loose copies of the abstract must be submitted for examination at the same time as the thesis.

 

Any abbreviations should be those in normal use; where necessary a key to abbreviations should be provided.