Salem University (SUL)
Project & SIWES Format Guide
The exact formatting SUL 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 SUL
All three document types are supported. Where SUL’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.
SUL at a glance
- 7 faculties and 29 departments are in UniDraft's catalog for SUL, the largest being College of Management and Social Sciences with 9 departments.
- No SUL-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 Basic Medical and Allied Sciences, College of Education, College of Humanities, College of Information and Communication Technology, College of Law, College of Management and Social Sciences, College of Natural and Applied Sciences.
- Official website: www.salemuniversity.edu.ng. Check it, or your department, for the current handbook.
What your department type means for your SUL report
These notes are general guidance by discipline, matched to the departments listed for SUL. They are not SUL rules; your supervisor’s and department’s instructions always take priority.
Management and social sciences
9 departments listed: Accounting, Business Administration, Criminology and Security Studies, 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
6 departments listed: Biosciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Mathematical Sciences 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.
Education
5 departments listed: Business Studies Education, Computer Science Education, Educational Management, English Education and others.
Education projects often study classrooms, teaching methods or learners through a survey or a small classroom-based study. Many education programmes also have a teaching practice requirement, so ask which industrial or school-based placement applies to you.
APA is widely used in education departments. Related reading: seminar topics for education students and how to design a questionnaire.
Arts, humanities and law
3 departments listed: English and Literary Studies, Private and Property Law, Public and International 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 SUL
UniDraft routes your document through your specific department’s rules on top of the university baseline above.
College of Basic Medical and Allied Sciences
- Human Anatomy
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Nursing Science
College of Education
- Business Studies Education
- Computer Science Education
- Educational Management
- English Education
- Social Studies Education
College of Humanities
- English and Literary Studies
College of Information and Communication Technology
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Information Technology
College of Law
- Private and Property Law
- Public and International Law
College of Management and Social Sciences
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- Criminology and Security Studies
- Economics
- International Relations and Diplomatic Studies
- Mass Communication
- Peace and Development Studies
- Public Administration
- Sociology
College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Biosciences
- Chemical Sciences
- Earth Sciences
- Mathematical Sciences
- Natural Sciences
- Physical Sciences
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Generate topic ideasFrequently asked questions
What format does SUL require for a final year project?
SUL'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 SUL 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 SUL rule, so your supervisor's instructions win.
Does UniDraft support SIWES/IT reports for SUL?
Yes. IT/SIWES reports, final year projects, and seminar reports are all supported. See the SUL SIWES guide for report-specific structure.
Is this list of faculties and departments official?
This list reflects 29 departments across 7 faculties in UniDraft's catalog for SUL, 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.