How to format and submit a thesis

Submitting a thesis in a course administered by the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering? Follow these instructions.

Have a question? Get in touch with the student administration team studentenquiries@mechmining.uq.edu.au.

Formatting

Unless approved otherwise by the Course Coordinator, your thesis must be typed and formatted to print on A4 paper, using a font size of 12 points for the main text. It is strongly recommended that you use a standard font: Arial, Calibri or Times New Roman.

Margins are to be: top 20mm, bottom 20mm, left-hand side 20mm, and right-hand side 20mm.

Headers and footers are to be within these margins.

Title page and submission letter

Your thesis must include the required front matter (i.e. the title page and a submission letter).

Download the relevant front matter for your thesis using one of the links below.

1. Non-confidential thesis front matter

Complete the details required (title, author etc) in the Title Page and Submission Letter.

Download non-confidential submission template (DOCX, 47.7 KB)

2. Confidential thesis front matter

If your thesis is to be confidential, complete the details required (title, author etc) in the Title Page and Submission Letter.

Please also provide, or ask your industry supervisor to provide, a copy of the confidentiality agreement (including the number of years for which the thesis is not to be made available for distribution) which you have signed.

Further instructions on preparing an agreement for confidential theses can be found on the thesis enrolment page.

Download confidential submission template (DOCX, 53.9 KB)

How to format and submit a thesis

Formatting

Title page and submission letter

1. Non-confidential thesis front matter

2. Confidential thesis front matter

Thesis submission

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