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Preparation of Progress Reports for
Postgraduate Symposium and Conference
Student Name, Supervisor Name, and Co-Supervisor Name, Name of Department, Universiti
Teknologi PETRONAS
Abstract—This document has been prepared as a guideline
for the preparation of the end of semester report to be
submitted for the Postgraduate Symposium. Use this
document as a template if you are using Microsoft Word 6.0
or later. Otherwise, use this document as an instruction set.
As this document will be evaluated by a panel, who will be
assessing your progress for the semester, the content must
reflect the actual progress for the semester. This guideline
will assist in ensuring consistent formats in all reports. Define
all symbols used in the abstract. Do not cite references in the
abstract. Do not delete the blank line immediately above the
abstract; it sets the footnote at the bottom of this column.
Index Terms—About four key words or phrases in
alphabetical order, separated by commas. Use only standard
acceptable keyword that are normally used and accepted in
your respective field of study.
I. INTRODUCTION
T HE Biannual Postgraduate Research Symposium
provides a platform for postgraduate students to
present to, discuss, and obtain feedback from other
researchers with similar research interest. It is also an
avenue to enhance their presentation skills, and as a
preparatory ground for their viva voce examination.
Furthermore the materials presented during the symposium
presentation will be assessed by a panel of examiners to
determine the research progress of the candidate.
The records of this symposium will be published, and to
give the publication a consistent, high-quality appearance,
students are to follow some simple guidelines. This
document is prepared as a template for Microsoft Word
versions 6.0 or later. It provides the guideline for
formatting the report as well as content to be included in
the report. Samples of the formatting styles to be used is
provided throughout the document and can be used as is.
II.RESEARCH PROGRESS ASSESSMENT
A. Reports
The Postgraduate Rules and Regulations [1] outlined that
the progress of the postgraduate student will be monitored
in the following manner:
1) Written reports by the student at the end of each
semester
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Progress report for Jan 2009 Semester submitted on 31 May 2009.
(Write the date on which you submitted your paper for presentation.) This
work was supported in part by the E-Science fund and UTP graduate
assistantship scheme(sponsor and financial support acknowledgment goes
here). Paper titles should be written in uppercase and lowercase letters, not
all uppercase. Avoid writing long formulas with subscripts in the title; short
formulas that identify the elements are fine (e.g., "Nd–Fe–B").. Put a space
between authors’ initials.
Indicate your enrolment history, including date of admission into the
program, how many semesters enrolled and when is the expected
completion time.
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2) Written reports by the supervisor at the end of each
semester on the performance of the student.
3) Symposium presentation given by the student in the
semester.
Both the student and the main supervisor are required to
submit summary reports on progress of the studies. All
reports by the student should indicate any problems or
issues faced by the student. The co-supervisor or field
supervisor will send their report on the student’s progress
directly to the main supervisor.
The supervisor should make an assessment of the
student’s progress and aptitude for research, establish
whether previously agreed targets have been met, and
whether the aims and objectives of the research have been
satisfied and deemed sufficient for completion of the
project. A panel of evaluator will also provide an
independent assessment of the students’ progress based on
the report and presentation during biannual postgraduate
symposium to be conducted at the end of every semester.
B. Grading
Grades will be given at the end of every semester to
indicate progress based on the assessment by the
supervisor(s) and a panel of examiners as follows:
• Supervisor(s) – 70%
• Examiner(s) – 30%
Students will be assigned either standard letter grades or
the equivalent satisfactory/unsatisfactory status as follows:
• Satisfactory (S)– achieved marks
equivalent to B or better
• Unsatisfactory (U) – achieved marks
equivalent to less than B
C.Academic Standing
Academic standing for all students will also be
determined at the end of every semester based on the
grade(s) achieved in the current and previous semesters
• Good Standing: Satisfactory (S)
• Probation: Unsatisfactory (U)
• Dismissal: on probation for two (2)
consecutive semesters.
III. SECTIONS
In order for the report to be useful in assessing the actual
achievement of the students, the reports must be divided
into sections that address, at least, the following:
A. Introduction
This section must summarise the research motivation,
overall scope of the work and specify specific milestones
targeted for the semester.
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B. Background figure.
This section should be used to recap the works
completed in the earlier semesters and provide references
to other related works. For first semester students, this
section should be in the form of a comprehensive literature
review.
C.Methodology
Detailed discussions on the project undertaking should
be discussed in this section. For a project in progress, it
may be helpful to clearly differentiate works completed in
the current progress review period from the work Fig. 1. Figure caption should be left justified (8-points). Note that “Fig.” is
abbreviated. There is a period after the figure number, followed by two
completed in the earlier semesters. For new students, this spaces. It is good practice to explain the significance of the figure in the
section should be in the form of a complete proposal. caption.
Table and caption should be centred, as shown in Table.
D.Results & Discussion
1 below, and placed beneath the figure. Text appearing
This section should focus on the actual achievement for within the figure and text should be in 8 point font.
the semester. In-depth discussions and analysis are TABLE I
expected from the on-going work while summary and TABLE EXAMPLE
critical analysis of other related works may appear for first Object A Result A Result B
Tables Below Above
report. Figures Above Below
E. Conclusion & Future Directions E. References and Citations
Qualitative summary of the overall achievement of the Number citations consecutively in square brackets [1].
project should be discussed in this section. For an on-going The sentence punctuation follows the brackets [2]. Multiple
project, future research plan must be discussed and references [2], [3] are each numbered with separate
supported by clear milestones and activity charts. brackets [1]–[3]. When citing a section in a book, please
give the relevant page numbers [2]. In sentences, refer
simply to the reference number, as in [3]. Do not use “Ref.
IV. FORMATS [3]” or “reference [3]” except at the beginning of a
In order to provide format consistency, the following sentence: “Reference [3] shows ... .”. A number of samples
guidelines are to be followed. adopted from the IEEE guide is shown in the references
[2]-[30].
A. Page Size & Column
The extended abstract is limited to FOUR pages of A4- V. CONCLUSION
sized paper. Students are allowed to add in figures or
It is hoped that this guide will provide a sufficient
tables, however, please make sure that all the figures and
guideline for all postgraduate students to prepare for the
tables are clearly visible. Color photographs and figures are
symposium. Any comments will be most welcomed.
allowed but must be clear and readable.
The final print must appear as a two-column documents
with top-bottom margins of 0.7 and left-right margins of
0.65. Paragraph lines are to be justified.
B. Fonts
Times New Roman 10-pts fonts are to be used
throughout with other fonts and sizes may be used to
provide clarity for specific purposes.
• Paper Title – 24 pts
• Author(s) – 11 pts
• Section – 10 pts all caps centred
• Subsection – 10 pts italic
• Abstract – 9 points bold
C.Sections
The heading of a section should be in Times New
Roman 10-point, all in capitals. Headings of subsections
should be in Italic Times New Roman 10-point with initial
letters capitalized. Headings for sub-subsections should be
in Times New Roman 9-point bold with initial letters
capitalized.
D.Figures and Tables
All captions for figures and tables should be in Times
New Roman 8-point bold. Figure and caption should be left
justified, as shown in Fig. 1 below, and placed beneath the

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Available: http://www.halcyon.com/pub/journals/21ps03-vidmar
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