University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Science thesis
Academic
After the official guide of the Faculty of Science of the University of the Witwatersrand (Style Guide for Theses, Dissertations and Research Reports, October 2026) with its specimen pages and the Faculty's AI declaration form. A PhD thesis, a dissertation or a research report in English: the title page after the specimen with the University's crest (the images of the template title page in the Faculty's guide), your name and person number, the kind of document, the degree and the field, the Faculty of Science, the supervisors and the month and year, the declaration in the prescribed wording, the Faculty's AI declaration with the uses ticked, the abstract, the dedication, the acknowledgements, the contents to three levels with a column of page numbers, the lists of figures and tables, the list of symbols and the nomenclature, chapters 1 and sections 1.1 and 1.1.1 in bold at the left, figures, tables and equations numbered within the chapter, in an appendix Table E3, the references (Harvard, ISO 690) and appendices APPENDIX A. A4, 30 mm margins, 40 mm at the left, Arial (Liberation Sans) or Times New Roman (Liberation Serif) 12 pt, one and a half or single spacing, left-aligned, paragraphs an empty line apart, the page number at the foot in the centre, Roman page numbers before the text, Arabic from 1 in the text.
- Format
- A4 portrait
- Language
- EnglishENEnglish (default)
- Margins
- left 4 cm, right, top, and bottom 3 cm
- Body text
- Arial (Liberation Sans) nebo Times New Roman (Liberation Serif) 12 pt, řádkování 1,5 nebo jednoduché, zarovnání vlevo, odstavce oddělené prázdným řádkem
- Headings
- tučně, kapitola verzálkami, vše vlevo
- Numbering
- 1 / 1.1 / 1.1.1
- Page number
- no page numbers
- Citations
- ISO 690 autor-rokcan be changed
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