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Benson Idahosa University (BIU)
Project & SIWES Format Guide

The exact formatting BIU students are expected to follow -- fonts, margins, spacing, and reference style -- with the real faculty and department list, so you know your document will be built right the first time.

What UniDraft builds for BIU

All three document types are supported. Where BIU’s exact format has been added to our catalog, the specifics below are real -- not estimated.

  • General guidance

    IT / SIWES Report

    Industrial training and SIWES report documentation.

    • Body fontTimes New Roman, 12pt
    • Line spacing1.5 lines
    • Reference styleAPA (most common)

    General Nigerian university convention -- until your exact department template is added, UniDraft applies your supervisor’s and department’s specific instructions on top of this baseline.

  • General guidance

    Seminar Report

    Academic seminar report documentation.

    • Body fontTimes New Roman, 12pt
    • Line spacing1.5 lines
    • Reference styleAPA (most common)

    General Nigerian university convention -- until your exact department template is added, UniDraft applies your supervisor’s and department’s specific instructions on top of this baseline.

  • General guidance

    Final Year Project

    Final-year project and thesis-style documentation.

    • Body fontTimes New Roman, 12pt
    • Line spacing1.5 lines
    • Reference styleAPA (most common)

    General Nigerian university convention -- until your exact department template is added, UniDraft applies your supervisor’s and department’s specific instructions on top of this baseline.

Read the full BIU SIWES report guide

BIU at a glance

  • 8 faculties and 25 departments are in UniDraft's catalog for BIU, the largest being Faculty of Social & Management Sciences with 6 departments.
  • No BIU-specific formatting is on file yet, so documents start from the general Nigerian tertiary baseline (Times New Roman 12pt, 1.5 spacing, APA) and adopt your department's and supervisor's instructions as you supply them.
  • Faculties covered: College of Medicine - Faculty of Basic Medical & Health Sciences, College of Medicine - Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Faculty of Arts & Education, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Social & Management Sciences.
  • Official website: www.biu.edu.ng. Check it, or your department, for the current handbook.

What your department type means for your BIU report

These notes are general guidance by discipline, matched to the departments listed for BIU. They are not BIU rules; your supervisor’s and department’s instructions always take priority.

Management and social sciences

5 departments listed: Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Banking & Finance, Mass Communication and others.

Projects in these departments are usually survey-based studies, so the questionnaire, the sample size and the choice of statistical test become the parts supervisors examine most closely.

APA is the most common style in management and social science departments. Related reading: the accounting and business SIWES report guide and how to design a questionnaire.

Arts, humanities and law

4 departments listed: Arts, English Studies, Private Law, Public Law.

Arts, humanities and law projects tend to be text-based, analytical or doctrinal, built on sources, cases or texts rather than measured data. The literature review often carries more of the argument than it does in a laboratory project.

Styles vary widely here: some departments use APA, others MLA or Chicago, and some law departments use OSCOLA. Confirm yours. Related reading: how to write the literature review and how to write the references list.

Health and medical sciences

4 departments listed: Anatomy, Medical Laboratory Science, Nursing Science, Physiology.

Health-related departments often work under clinical or community placement arrangements of their own and follow a structured health-research format, with ethical approval where human participants are involved. Ask your department what applies to your programme.

APA and Vancouver are both used in health programmes; confirm which your department expects. Related reading: seminar topics for nursing and public health students and validity and reliability of questionnaires.

Natural and physical sciences

4 departments listed: Agronomy & Environmental Management, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Political Science & Public Administration.

Science projects are usually laboratory, field or survey studies that report methods, results tables and statistics. Formulas, units and species names need careful formatting, and the results chapter must match what your methodology says you did.

APA is common in many science departments, but some follow another style, so confirm yours. Related reading: formatting chemical formulas and species names and choosing a statistical test.

Faculties & departments at BIU

UniDraft routes your document through your specific department’s rules on top of the university baseline above.

  • College of Medicine - Faculty of Basic Medical & Health Sciences

    • Anatomy
    • Medical Laboratory Science
    • Nursing Science
    • Physiology

  • College of Medicine - Faculty of Medicine

  • Faculty of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology

    • Agricultural Economics & Extension Services
    • Agronomy & Environmental Management
    • Animal Science & Animal Technology

  • Faculty of Arts & Education

    • Arts
    • Education
    • English Studies
    • International Studies & Diplomacy

  • Faculty of Engineering

    • Civil Engineering
    • Electrical & Electronics Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering

  • Faculty of Law

    • Private Law
    • Public Law

  • Faculty of Science

    • Biological Sciences
    • Computer Science
    • Physical Sciences

  • Faculty of Social & Management Sciences

    • Accounting
    • Business Administration
    • Economics, Banking & Finance
    • Mass Communication
    • Political Science & Public Administration
    • Sociology & Anthropology

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Frequently asked questions

What format does BIU require for a final year project?

BIU's exact department-level format isn't in our catalog yet, so the specifics above are the general Nigerian tertiary-institution convention (Times New Roman 12pt, 1.5 spacing, APA references). UniDraft still applies your supervisor's and department's specific instructions when you write with us.

What should BIU students in management and social sciences expect from a project?

Projects in these departments are usually survey-based studies, so the questionnaire, the sample size and the choice of statistical test become the parts supervisors examine most closely. APA is the most common style in management and social science departments. This is general guidance for the discipline, not a BIU rule, so your supervisor's instructions win.

Does UniDraft support SIWES/IT reports for BIU?

Yes. IT/SIWES reports, final year projects, and seminar reports are all supported. See the BIU SIWES guide for report-specific structure.

Is this list of faculties and departments official?

This list reflects 25 departments across 8 faculties in UniDraft's catalog for BIU, used to route your document to the right department-level rules. If your department is missing or misspelled, you can still enter it by hand when you start a document.

How does UniDraft know my supervisor's specific instructions?

You tell it. Supervisor and department instructions always take priority over the university-wide baseline shown above -- UniDraft layers your specific rules on top before generating anything.