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Unique Open University (UOU)
Project & SIWES Format Guide

The exact formatting UOU 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 UOU

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

UOU at a glance

  • 3 faculties and 15 departments are in UniDraft's catalog for UOU, the largest being Faculty of Management and Social Sciences with 7 departments.
  • No UOU-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 Computing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences.
  • Official website: uou.edu.ng. Check it, or your department, for the current handbook.

What your department type means for your UOU report

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

Management and social sciences

6 departments listed: Accounting, Business Administration, Criminology & Security Studies, Hospitality and Tourism Management 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.

Computing and information technology

4 departments listed: Computer Science, Cyber Security, Data Science, Software Engineering.

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.

Health and medical sciences

4 departments listed: Community Health Science, Medical Laboratory Science, Nursing Science, Public Health.

Health-related departments often work under clinical or community placement arrangements of their own and follow a structured health-research format, with ethical approval where human participants are involved. Ask your department what applies to your programme.

APA and Vancouver are both used in health programmes; confirm which your department expects. Related reading: seminar topics for nursing and public health students and validity and reliability of questionnaires.

Faculties & departments at UOU

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

  • Faculty of Computing

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

  • Faculty of Health Sciences

    • Community Health Science
    • Medical Laboratory Science
    • Nursing Science
    • Public Health

  • Faculty of Management and Social Sciences

    • Accounting
    • Business Administration
    • Criminology & Security Studies
    • Hospitality and Tourism Management
    • Human Resources Management
    • Information and Media Studies
    • International Relations and Diplomacy

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Frequently asked questions

What format does UOU require for a final year project?

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

Does UniDraft support SIWES/IT reports for UOU?

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

Is this list of faculties and departments official?

This list reflects 15 departments across 3 faculties in UniDraft's catalog for UOU, 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.