ANNA UNIVERSITY :: CHENNAI 600 025
FORMAT FOR
PREPARATION OF PROJECT
REPORT
FOR B.E. / B. TECH. / B. ARCH.
1.
ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:
The sequence in which the project report material
should be arranged and bound should be as follows:
1.
Cover Page & Title Page
2.
Bonafide Certificate
3.
Abstract
4.
Table of Contents
5.
List of Tables
6.
List of Figures
7.
List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature
8.
Chapters
9.
Appendices
10.
References
The table and figures shall be
introduced in the appropriate places.
2.
PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS:
The dimension of the project report should be in A4
size. The project report should be
bound using flexible cover of the thick white art paper. The cover should be printed in black
letters and the text for printing should be identical.
3.
PREPARATION FORMAT:
3.1 Cover Page & Title Page – A
specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page of the project
report are given in Appendix 1.
3.2 Bonafide
Certificate – The Bonafide Certificate shall be in double line spacing
using Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14, as per the format in Appendix
2.
The
certificate shall carry the supervisor’s signature and shall be followed by the
supervisor’s name, academic designation (not any other responsibilities of
administrative nature), department and full address of the institution where
the supervisor has guided the student. The term ‘SUPERVISOR’ must be
typed in capital letters between the supervisor’s name and academic
designation.
3.3 Abstract
– Abstract should be one page synopsis of the project report typed double
line spacing, Font Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14.
3.4 Table
of Contents – The table of contents should list all material following it
as well as any material which precedes it. The title page and Bonafide
Certificate will not find a place among the items listed in the Table of
Contents but the page numbers of which are in lower case Roman letters. One and
a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head. A
specimen copy of the Table of Contents of the project report is given in Appendix
3.
3.5 List
of Tables – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear
above the tables in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for
typing the matter under this head.
3.6 List
of Figures – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear
below the figures in the text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for
typing the matter under this head.
3.7 List
of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature – One and a half spacing should
be adopted or typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols,
abbreviations etc. should be used.
3.8 Chapters – The chapters may be broadly divided
into 3 parts (i) Introductory
chapter, (ii) Chapters developing
the main theme of the project work (iii)
and Conclusion.
The
main text will be divided into several chapters and each chapter may be further
divided into several divisions and sub-divisions.
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Each chapter should be given an appropriate
title.
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Tables and figures in a chapter should be placed
in the immediate vicinity of the reference where they are cited.
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Footnotes should be used sparingly. They should
be typed single space and placed directly underneath in the very same page,
which refers to the material they annotate.
3.9 Appendices
– Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which is
included in the main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central
theme.
·
Appendices should be numbered using Arabic
numerals, e.g. Appendix 1, Appendix 2, etc.
·
Appendices, Tables and References appearing in
appendices should be numbered and referred to at appropriate places just as in
the case of chapters.
·
Appendices shall carry the title of the work
reported and the same title shall be made in the contents page also.
3.10 List
of References –The listing of references should be typed 4 spaces below the
heading “REFERENCES” in alphabetical order in single spacing left – justified.
The reference material should be listed in the alphabetical order of the first
author. The name of the author/authors should be immediately followed by the
year and other details.
A typical illustrative list given below relates to the
citation example quoted above.
REFERENCES
1. Ariponnammal,
S. and Natarajan, S. (1994) ‘Transport Phonomena of Sm
Sel – X Asx’, Pramana – Journal of Physics Vol.42, No.1, pp.421-425.
Sel – X Asx’, Pramana – Journal of Physics Vol.42, No.1, pp.421-425.
2. Barnard, R.W. and Kellogg, C. (1980) ‘Applications of
Convolution Operators to Problems in Univalent Function Theory’, Michigan Mach,
J., Vol.27, pp.81–94.
3. Shin, K.G. and Mckay, N.D. (1984) ‘Open Loop Minimum Time
Control of Mechanical Manipulations and its Applications’,
Proc.Amer.Contr.Conf., San Diego, CA, pp. 1231-1236.
3.10.1 Table
and figures - By the word Table, is meant tabulated numerical data in the
body of the project report as well as in the appendices. All other non-verbal materials used in the
body of the project work and appendices such as charts, graphs, maps,
photographs and diagrams may be designated as figures.
4. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS:
The
impression on the typed copies should be black in colour.
One
and a half spacing should be used for typing the general text. The general text
shall be typed in the Font style ‘Times New Roman’ and Font size 14.
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