S.L. 327.310 Art. 6Dissertation and thesis format and presentation. 2 [

(1) The length of an M.Phil. dissertation shall not normally exceed 50,000 words whilst the length of a Ph.D. thesis shall be not less than 70,000 and not more than 90,000 words, including foot/ endnotes, but excluding bibliography and/or analytical indices and any appendices.

(2) Students shall be required to submit three copies of the dissertation or thesis for examination purposes which shall be adequately bound. Each copy shall contain an abstract of not more S.L.327.310 PICES OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR GERONTOLOGY

than 300 words. Within one month of passing the examination of the dissertation or thesis, students must submit two copies, one of which should be deposited at the University library and the other at the library of the Centre.

(3) The two copies are to be bound as follows:

(a) in cloth (preferably black) with stiff boards and good quality end-papers; with lettering (preferably in gold) on the front and spine showing:

(i) the name of the student;

(ii) the title or short title of the dissertation or thesis;

(iii) the degree for which the dissertation or thesis is submitted; and

(iv) the year of submission. Maps, diagrams, graphs, printed material, etc., should be bound with the dissertation or thesis, but if this is not possible they should be presented separately in special folders or volumes and numbered.

(b) The text must be typed on A4 sheets, one side only, in double spacing, font size 12, and with a margin of 40mm to the left and at least 20 mm top, bottom, and right.