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How to Write a SIWES Report for SUMAS

SIWES and IT report structure, formatting, and chapter breakdown expected at SUMAS -- 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

SUMAS SIWES formatting

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

  • 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 SUMAS

SUMAS has 27 departments in UniDraft’s catalog. These are general notes for each type of department, not SUMAS rules; your SIWES unit and supervisor decide.

Health and medical sciences

12 departments listed: Doctor of Physiotherapy, Health Administration and Hospital Management, Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS), Nursing Science and others.

Logbook: Record the units or wards you rotated through and the duties you were allowed to perform under supervision, without including any patient-identifying details.

Report: Describe the placement, your supervised duties and what you learnt, and confirm with your department how clinical or community placements are reported.

Related reading: seminar topics for nursing and public health students and validity and reliability of questionnaires.

Natural and physical sciences

6 departments listed: Applied Microbiology and Brewing, Biochemistry, Genetics and Biotechnology, Industrial Physics 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.

Engineering

4 departments listed: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.

Logbook: Record the equipment, measurements, drawings, site activities and safety practice for each week, and have your industry-based supervisor sign the entries as your department requires.

Report: Describe the processes or projects you observed or took part in, with sketches or diagrams, and explain the engineering principle behind each. Check whether your institution treats SIWES as compulsory for your programme.

Related reading: engineering SIWES logbook examples and the civil engineering SIWES report guide and the electrical and electronic engineering SIWES report guide.

Computing and information technology

3 departments listed: Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information and Communication Technology.

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 SUMAS

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

  • Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

    • Doctor of Physiotherapy
    • Health Administration and Hospital Management
    • Medical Laboratory Science (BMLS)
    • Nursing Science
    • Nutrition and Dietetics
    • Public Health
    • Radiography

  • Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences

    • Human Anatomy
    • Human Physiology
    • MBBS - Medicine and Surgery

  • Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment

    • Architecture
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Civil Engineering
    • Computer Engineering
    • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Quantity Surveying

  • Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences

    • Applied Microbiology and Brewing
    • Biochemistry
    • Computer Science
    • Genetics and Biotechnology
    • Industrial Physics
    • Information and Communication Technology
    • Molecular Biology
    • Pure and Industrial Chemistry

  • Faculty of Pharmacy

    • Doctor of Pharmacy

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Frequently asked questions

What chapters does a SUMAS 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 SUMAS expect for a SIWES report?

SUMAS'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 SUMAS?

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