Key information
- ✓The title page identifies the university, programme, author, title and supervisor.
- ✓Before entering details, check the template for your submission year.
- ✓Before sending the file, compare headings, order, lists and numbering with current instructions.
What does this topic cover?
Start with your department's current template and instructions. Mark required elements, then order the information around your own aim. Do not copy a layout from a different programme without checking it.
Send the DOCX file and your university’s formatting guidelines.
A practical example
Before entering details, check the template for your submission year. Verify the order of names, the supervisor's academic title, the city and year, then apply the styles to your own document.
Treat the outline as an adaptable example rather than a universal template. Every part should help readers understand the aim, procedure or outcome of your particular project.
What belongs on the title page?
Check your current faculty template for the university, department and programme names, author details, thesis title, supervisor's title, place and year. Universities do not always require these in the same order, so do not copy fields from someone else's thesis.
The title on the cover should match the title approved in university records. Check spelling, punctuation, subtitle and supervisor name. Even a small difference may need correcting before submission.
How should you format the page in Word?
Apply margins and styles from the official template. Use paragraph spacing or a borderless table if the template provides one. Repeated spaces and empty paragraphs can shift the layout when the file opens on another computer.
Check whether the title page should show a page number. Section settings can affect later pages, so after changing the cover inspect the contents page and start of the introduction too.
Final check before export and submission
Compare the finished page line by line with the current template. Confirm programme and supervisor details from official records rather than memory. If a logo is required, use the file and placement specified in the template.
Export a PDF and check that no line has moved to the next page and that fonts and characters display correctly. Keep an editable DOCX as well: a PDF alone is inconvenient if a detail must be corrected.
How should you check your work?
Before sending the file, compare headings, order, lists and numbering with current instructions. Open the final PDF too: its layout can differ from the editor view.
The final structure, method and formal requirements must follow your university's current guidance and your agreement with your supervisor.
Summary
The title page identifies the university, programme, author, title and supervisor. The final structure, method and formal requirements must follow your university's current guidance and your agreement with your supervisor.
Frequently asked questions
Where should you start?
The title page identifies the university, programme, author, title and supervisor. Copy its layout from the current faculty template rather than an unrelated file found online. Start with your department's current template and instructions. Mark required elements, then order the information around your own aim. Do not copy a layout from a different programme without checking it.
What would a concrete example look like?
Before entering details, check the template for your submission year. Verify the order of names, the supervisor's academic title, the city and year, then apply the styles to your own document.
What should you check before submission?
Before sending the file, compare headings, order, lists and numbering with current instructions. Open the final PDF too: its layout can differ from the editor view.
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