How to Write a SIWES Report for UNICROSS
SIWES and IT report structure, formatting, and chapter breakdown expected at UNICROSS -- 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
UNICROSS SIWES formatting
Fonts, spacing, and reference style for the SIWES/IT report document type at UNICROSS.
- 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 UNICROSS
UNICROSS has 27 departments in UniDraft’s catalog. These are general notes for each type of department, not UNICROSS rules; your SIWES unit and supervisor decide.
Natural and physical sciences
10 departments listed: Biology, Microbiology, Plant Science and Biotechnology, Library and Information Science 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.
Agriculture and food sciences
5 departments listed: Agric. Economics and Extension, Agriculture, Animal Science, Fisheries and Aquatic Science and others.
Logbook: Keep dated records of farm, laboratory or agency tasks: crops or animals handled, inputs used, observations and quantities.
Report: Structure the technical chapter around the enterprises or processes you worked on, with the quantities and results you personally recorded.
Related reading: the agriculture SIWES report guide and calculating sample size.
Engineering
4 departments listed: Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Wood Products 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 Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering.
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 UNICROSS
Your department’s specific SIWES rules -- where on file -- take priority over the general structure above.
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
- Agric. Economics and Extension
- Agriculture
- Agronomy
- Animal Science
- Fisheries and Aquatic Science
- Forestry and Wildlife Management
Faculty of Architecture
Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
Faculty of Biological Sciences
- Animal Health and Environmental Biology
- Biology
- Microbiology
- Plant Science and Biotechnology
Faculty of Communication Technology
- Broadcasting
- Journalism and Media Studies
- Library and Information Science
- Mass Communication
Faculty of Computing
- Computer Science
- Information Systems
- Software Engineering
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Wood Products Engineering
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Management Science
Faculty of Physical Sciences
- Biochemistry
- Chemistry
- Industrial Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Statistics
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Start your SIWES reportFrequently asked questions
What chapters does a UNICROSS 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 UNICROSS expect for a SIWES report?
UNICROSS'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 UNICROSS?
Yes. A SIWES/IT report documents your industrial training placement, while a final year project is an independent research report. See the general UNICROSS format guide for the full project and seminar report breakdown.