2. Submission of Report
2.1 Submission
Each student is required to submit two copies of the final report, one to the supervisor and the
other to the examiner, at the specified date for assessment. The final reports will be returned
to the students about two weeks after the submission. If there is any correction or amendment
to be made, the students will be duly informed. Students will be given about one week’s time
to make the required changes in their final reports and subsequently submit them as the
amended final reports. Students who fail to make the required changes will be penalized
accordingly and asked to amend the reports again.
For both the final report and amended final report, the expected length of the main body of
report excluding charts, diagrams, appendices, tables and references should not be more
than 10,000 words. The Standard International System of Units (SI) should be used
throughout. Please take note and adhere to the submission dates, which are published
separately, for the following documentations:
(a) Project Plan/Strategy
(b) Interim Report
(c) Final Report
(d) Amended Final Report.
2.2 Layout and Typing
Use white A4 size bond paper of at least 809 weight. Leave a 35 mm margin on the left and
30 mm on the top, bottom and right hand side of each page. Allow one and a half line-
spacing for the text of the report. When using a word-processor for your report, ensure that
the same font is used throughout the text and that the printing is of good letter quality. Paint-
jets, ink-jets, laser printouts, dot matrix with near-letter quality printouts are all acceptable.
For the appendices, dot matrix print-outs are acceptable.
2.3 Suggestions for Carrying out A Good Project
In order to carry out a good piece of project work, the following points are worth noting:
(a) Report presentation
• Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and style
• Logical and orderly layout of report.
(b) Development, discussion and conclusion of project work
• Ability to analyze all factors in the problem noting
• Dependency on constraints
• Good use of reference materials
• Results, discussion, conclusions and suggestions for further work so
• Demonstrating the student's perception of the value of the work completed.
(c) Approach during the whole year
• Good project management skills (planning, strategy, costing, use of tools, testing
etc.)
• Interim report
• General initiative and sense of responsibility
• Ability to extend ideas and expand on suggestions.
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