AR3911 – DISSERTATION

ANNA UNIVERSITY :: CHENNAI 600 025

FORMAT FOR PREPARATION OF PROJECT REPORT FOR B. ARCH.
1. ARRANGEMENT OF CONTENTS:
The sequence in which the project report material should be arranged and bound should be as follows:
1. Cover Page & Title Page
2. Bonafide Certificate
3. Abstract
4. Table of Contents
5. List of Tables
6. List of Figures
7. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature
8. Chapters
9. Appendices
10. References
The table and figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places.

2. PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS:

The dimension of the project report should be in A4 size. The project report should be bound using
flexible cover of the thick white art paper. The cover should be printed in black letters and the text for
printing should be identical.

3. PREPARATION FORMAT:
3.1 Cover Page & Title Page – A specimen copy of the Cover page & Title page of the project report are
given in Appendix 1.
3.2 Bonafide Certificate – The Bonafide Certificate shall be in double line spacing using Font Style Times
New Roman and Font Size 14, as per the format in Appendix 2. The certificate shall carry the
supervisor’s signature and shall be followed by the supervisor’s name, academic designation (not any
other responsibilities of administrative nature), department and full address of the institution where the
supervisor has guided the student. The term ‘SUPERVISOR’ must be typed in capital letters between the
supervisor’s name and academic designation.
3.3 Abstract – Abstract should be one page synopsis of the project report typed double line spacing, Font
Style Times New Roman and Font Size 14.
3.4 Table of Contents – The table of contents should list all material following it as well as any material
which precedes it. The title page and Bonafide Certificate will not find a place among the items listed in
the Table of Contents but the page numbers of which are in lower case Roman letters. One and a half
spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head. A specimen copy of the Table of
Contents of the project report is given in Appendix 3.
3.5 List of Tables – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear above the tables in the
text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.
3.6 List of Figures – The list should use exactly the same captions as they appear below the figures in the
text. One and a half spacing should be adopted for typing the matter under this head.
3.7 List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclature – One and a half spacing should be adopted or
typing the matter under this head. Standard symbols, abbreviations etc. should be used.
3.8 Chapters – The chapters may be broadly divided into 3 parts (i) Introductory chapter, (ii) Chapters
developing the main theme of the project work (iii) and Conclusion. The main text will be divided into
several chapters and each chapter may be further divided into several divisions and sub-divisions. Each
chapter should be given an appropriate title. Tables and figures in a chapter should be placed in the
immediate vicinity of the reference where they are cited. Footnotes should be used sparingly. They
should be typed single space and placed directly underneath in the very same page, which refers to the
material they annotate.
3.9 Appendices – Appendices are provided to give supplementary information, which is included in the
main text may serve as a distraction and cloud the central theme. Appendices should be numbered using
Arabic numerals, e.g. Appendix 1, Appendix 2, etc. Appendices, Tables and References appearing in
appendices should be numbered and referred to at appropriate places just as in the case of chapters.
Appendices shall carry the title of the work reported and the same title shall be made in the contents page
also.
3.10 List of References –The listing of references should be typed 4 spaces below the heading
“REFERENCES” in alphabetical order in single spacing left – justified. The reference material should be
listed in the alphabetical order of the first author. The name of the author/authors should be immediately
followed by the year and other details. A typical illustrative list given below relates to the citation
example quoted above.
3.11 Table and figures - By the word Table, is meant tabulated numerical data in the body of the project
report as well as in the appendices. All other non-verbal materials used in the body of the project work
and appendices such as charts, graphs, maps, photographs and diagrams may be designated as figures. 4.

4. TYPING INSTRUCTIONS:
The impression on the typed copies should be black in colour. One and a half spacing should be used for
typing the general text. The general text shall be typed in the Font style ‘Times New Roman’ and Font
size 14.
5. REFERENCES FORMAT
1. Ariponnammal, S. and Natarajan, S. (1994) ‘Transport Phonomena of Sm Sel – X Asx’, Pramana –
Journal of Physics Vol.42, No.1, pp.421-425.
2. Barnard, R.W. and Kellogg, C. (1980) ‘Applications of Convolution Operators to Problems in
Univalent Function Theory’, Michigan Mach, J., Vol.27, pp.81–94.
3. Shin, K.G. and Mckay, N.D. (1984) ‘Open Loop Minimum Time Control of Mechanical Manipulations
and its Applications’, Proc.Amer.Contr.Conf., San Diego, CA, pp. 1231-1236. 3.10.1
 * * * * * APPENDIX 1 * * * * *
(A typical Specimen of Cover Page & Title Page)

TITLE OF PROJECT REPORT

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S)

REGISTER NUMBER

in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE
IN
ARCHITECTURE

SASI CREATIVE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025

<1.5 line spacing>

JUNE 2025
 APPENDIX 2
(A typical specimen of Bonafide Certificate)

ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this project report “……….TITLE OF THE PROJECT……………..” is the bonafide

work of “…………..NAME OF THE CANDIDATE(S).…………” who carried out the project work

under my supervision.

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR
 APPENDIX 3
(A typical specimen of table of contents)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER NO.

TITLE PAGE NO.

ABSTRACT

LIST OF TABLE

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF SYMBOLS

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 GENERAL

1 1.1. …………..

1 1.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.2.1. …………

1.2. …………………

1.2.1

1.2.2 . . . . . . . . . . .

1.2.2.1. …………..

1.2.2.2 . . . . . . . . . .

1.2.2.3 . . . . . . . . . .

1.2.3 . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.3 . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .
 1.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 GENERAL

2.2 . . . . . . . . . .

2.2 …………….

3. ANALYSIS

APPENDICES

REFERENCES