Guidelines for writing a project report

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND AUTOMATION

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Format for preparing the Project Report

A. Guidelines for Students

1. The project report must be around 35-40 pages in length.
2. The project report shall be hard bound with cover page in black color. The name of the
candidate, degree (specifying the specialization), year of submission, name of the
University shall be screen printed with golden color. [Refer sample sheet (outer
cover)].
3. The project report shall be typed on one side only with 1.5 Line spacing with a margin 3.5
cm on the left, 2.5 cm on the top, and 1.25 cm on the right and at bottom.
4. In the project report, the title page [Refer sample sheet (inner title page)] should be given
first, then the Candidate’s Declaration, followed by an
abstract of the project report (not exceeding 1000 words). This should be followed by the
acknowledgment [Refer sample sheet (Acknowledgement)] , list of figures/list of tables
[Refer sample sheet (Table of Contents)], notations/nomenclature, and then contents with
page no.
5. Begin each Chapter on a new page.
6. The caption for Figure must be given at the BOTTOM of the Figure and Caption for the
Table must be given at the TOP of the Table. Figures, tables and equations should be
numbered chapter-wise including the chapter number. (eg. 1.1, 2.1, 2.2 ...).
7. There must be some text referring to every figure, table and equation included in the
report.
8. Conclusion must not exceed more than two pages.
9. References must follow IEEE format
[https://www.ieee.org/documents/ieeecitationref.pdf]
[http://www.ijssst.info/info/IEEE-Citation-StyleGuide.pdf]

B. Components of a Project Report

1. Cover Page and Title Page

2. Candidate’s Declaration
3. Training Completion Certificate
4. Acknowledgement
5. Abstract
6. Table of Contents
7. List of Figures

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8. List of Tables
9. Chapters
I. Introduction about Project
1.1 General Introduction to the topic
1.2 Front End and Back End used
1.3 Hardware and Software Requirements
1.4 Problem Statement
II. Objectives
III. ER diagram and Data Flow Diagram
IV. Results and Discussion (include snapshots of project also)
V. Conclusion and Future Scope
(This is just the sample of Chapter Names. You can include more chapters as per your
requirement)
10. References

C. Details of CD
CD of the project work is required to be pasted on the back cover of the project report in clear
packet, which should include the following folders and contents:
1. Presentation (should include a PPT about project in not less than 25 slides).
2. Documentation (should include a word file of the project report).
3. Source Code (full source code of the project with libraries used).
4. Program (final running copy of the project executable).
5. Support (any third party tools used or runtime environment setups that are required to run
project).
6. Help (user manual on how to run the project).

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Sample sheet (outer cover)

TITLE OF PROJECT
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MINOR PROJECT REPORT

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Submitted by
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NAME OF THE CANDIDATE

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in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
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BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
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MONTH & YEAR

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Sample sheet (inner title page)

TITLE OF PROJECT
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MINOR PROJECT REPORT

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Submitted by
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NAME OF THE CANDIDATE

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in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
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Sample sheet- Declaration

CANDIDATE'S DECLARATION

I hereby certify that the work which is being presented in the project report entitled
“TITLE ” by “NAME OF THE STUDENT” in partial fulfillment of requirements for the
award of degree of B.Tech. (CSE) submitted in the Department of CSE at GNA University,
Phagwara is an authentic record of my own work carried out during a period from ______ to
_______under the supervision of NAME OF SUPERVISOR(S).

Signature of the Student

Name of Student
Registration No.

This is to certify that the above statement made by the candidate is correct to the best
of my/our knowledge.

Signature of the SUPERVISOR (S)

The B.Tech Viva –Voce Examination of (NAME OF CANDIDATE) has been held
on ___________ and accepted.

Signature of External Examiner

Signature of H.O.D

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Sample Sheet-Acknowledgement

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to place on record my deep sense of gratitude to (Name of supervisor/s),

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GNA University, Phagwara for his/her
generous guidance, help and useful suggestions.

I express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Anurag Sharma, HOD, Department of Computer Science
and Engineering, GNA University, Phagwara, for his stimulating
guidance, continuous encouragement and supervision throughout the course of present
work.

I am extremely thankful to Dr. Vikrant Sharma, Dean (SEDA-E) for providing me

infrastructural facilities to work in, without
which this work would not have been possible.

NAME OF STUDENT

ROLL NO.

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Sample Sheet- Format for Table of Contents

Table of contents
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CHAPTER NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

Title Page i
Candidate’s Declaration ii
Training Completion Certificate iii
Abstract iv
Acknowledgement v
List of Figures vi
List of Tables vii
1. INTRODUCTION 1-5
1.1 Project Overview 1
1.2 Hardware Specification 1
1.3 Software Specification 2
1.3.1
1.3.2
...
..
2. SYSTEM STUDY AND ANALYSIS
2.1 Existing System
2.2 Proposed System
2.3 Problem Description

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