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How to Write a SIWES Report for OUI

SIWES and IT report structure, formatting, and chapter breakdown expected at OUI -- built from your real placement and logbook, formatted to submission-ready.

Typical SIWES report structure

The common Nigerian-university SIWES/IT report shape. UniDraft adjusts this to your department’s specific requirements when they’re on file.

  • Chapter 1Introduction & organization profile
  • Chapter 2Industrial training experience & duties
  • Chapter 3Technical / theoretical knowledge gained
  • Chapter 4Challenges & problems encountered
  • Chapter 5Conclusion & recommendations

OUI SIWES formatting

Fonts, spacing, and reference style for the SIWES/IT report document type at OUI.

  • 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.

SIWES by department type at OUI

OUI has 20 departments in UniDraft’s catalog. These are general notes for each type of department, not OUI rules; your SIWES unit and supervisor decide.

Management and social sciences

7 departments listed: Accounting, Banking & Finance, Business Administration, Economics and others.

Logbook: Record the departments you worked in, the tasks, the documents or systems you handled and the people you reported to each week.

Report: Describe how the organisation is structured and how your tasks fit into its operations, linking what you saw to what you studied.

Related reading: the accounting and business SIWES report guide and how to design a questionnaire.

Natural and physical sciences

6 departments listed: Political Science, Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences (Industrial Chemistry, Chemistry, and Biochemistry), Mathematics and Statistics and others.

Logbook: Record the laboratory or field procedures you carried out, the samples or instruments involved, and the safety rules you followed, in your own words.

Report: Describe each procedure with its purpose and your observations, and format units, formulas and species names carefully.

Related reading: formatting chemical formulas and species names and choosing a statistical test.

Built environment

3 departments listed: Architecture, Estate Management, Quantity Surveying.

Logbook: Log site visits, surveys, drawings, measurements and the software or instruments used, with dates and the project each belongs to.

Report: Organise the report around the projects you worked on, and ask your department whether drawings or a design portfolio must accompany the written report.

Related reading: how to write a SIWES report and how to fill your SIWES logbook.

Computing and information technology

2 departments listed: Computer Engineering, Computer Science.

Logbook: Name the systems, languages, tools and tickets you actually handled each week, and what you personally did on them (debugging, testing, deploying, support), rather than writing "learnt programming".

Report: The technical chapter works best as a description of one or two real tasks, with the tools used and the problem each solved, ideally with screenshots or diagrams you are allowed to share.

Related reading: SIWES logbook examples for computer science and how to write a final year project, step by step.

Faculties & departments at OUI

Your department’s specific SIWES rules -- where on file -- take priority over the general structure above.

  • College of Engineering and Technology

    • Computer Engineering
    • Electrical and Electronics
    • Mechanical Engineering

  • College of Environmental Design and Management

    • Architecture
    • Estate Management
    • Quantity Surveying

  • College of Management and Social Sciences

    • Accounting
    • Banking & Finance
    • Business Administration
    • Economics
    • International Relations
    • Mass Communication / Media Technology
    • Political Science
    • Public Administration

  • College of Natural and Applied Sciences

    • Biological Sciences
    • Chemical Sciences (Industrial Chemistry, Chemistry, and Biochemistry)
    • Computer Science
    • Mathematics and Statistics
    • Microbiology
    • Physics

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Frequently asked questions

What chapters does a OUI SIWES report need?

Most Nigerian SIWES/IT reports follow a similar structure: an introduction to the organization, a chapter covering the industrial training experience and duties performed, a chapter of technical/theoretical knowledge gained, and a conclusion with recommendations -- built around your actual logbook entries, not invented ones. Your department may adjust this exact breakdown.

What formatting does OUI expect for a SIWES report?

OUI's exact SIWES 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.

Can UniDraft use my actual SIWES logbook and placement details?

Yes -- bring your real placement organization, duties, and logbook notes. UniDraft builds the report around what you actually did; it does not invent industrial training experience you didn't have.

Is this different from a final year project for OUI?

Yes. A SIWES/IT report documents your industrial training placement, while a final year project is an independent research report. See the general OUI format guide for the full project and seminar report breakdown.