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McPherson University (MCU)
Project & SIWES Format Guide

The exact formatting MCU 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 MCU

All three document types are supported. Where MCU’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 MCU SIWES report guide

MCU at a glance

  • 7 faculties and 28 departments are in UniDraft's catalog for MCU, the largest being Faculty of Management and Social Sciences with 7 departments.
  • No MCU-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: Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Computing, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Faculty of Science.
  • Official website: mcu.edu.ng/main. Check it, or your department, for the current handbook.

What your department type means for your MCU report

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

Management and social sciences

7 departments listed: Accounting, Banking & Finance, Business Management, Economics 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.

Natural and physical sciences

7 departments listed: Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Mathematics and others.

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.

Computing and information technology

5 departments listed: Computer Science, Cyber Security, Data Science, Information Technology and others.

Projects here usually build and evaluate something, such as a system, application or model, documented through requirements, design, implementation and testing. In SIWES logbooks, name the actual tools, systems and tasks you worked on.

Some computing departments use IEEE and others APA, so confirm which yours requires before you format any citation. Related reading: SIWES logbook examples for computer science and how to write a final year project, step by step.

Arts, humanities and law

4 departments listed: English Language, History & International Studies, Religious Studies, 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.

Faculties & departments at MCU

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

  • Faculty of Arts

    • English Language
    • History & International Studies
    • Religious Studies

  • Faculty of Computing

    • Computer Science
    • Cyber Security
    • Data Science
    • Information Technology
    • Software Engineering

  • Faculty of Education

    • Education and Geography

  • Faculty of Health Sciences

    • Health Information Management
    • Medical Laboratory Science
    • Nursing
    • Public Health

  • Faculty of Law

    • Law

  • Faculty of Management and Social Sciences

    • Accounting
    • Banking & Finance
    • Business Management
    • Economics
    • International Relations
    • Marketing
    • Mass Communication

  • Faculty of Science

    • Biochemistry
    • Biotechnology
    • Chemistry
    • Mathematics
    • Microbiology
    • Physics
    • Statistics

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Frequently asked questions

What format does MCU require for a final year project?

MCU'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 MCU 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 MCU rule, so your supervisor's instructions win.

Does UniDraft support SIWES/IT reports for MCU?

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

Is this list of faculties and departments official?

This list reflects 28 departments across 7 faculties in UniDraft's catalog for MCU, 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.