Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Ph.D. Thesis Formatting Guidelines
Official layout specifications, binding margins, and document formatting requirements.
Governing Body: Research and Development / Academic Section (Punjab, IN)
1. Page Setup & Geometry
Page dimensions, binding margins, and print/digital alignments
2. Typography & Spacing Hierarchy
Font selections, heading styles, line spacing, and paragraph indentation
3. Technical & Archival Compliance
ETD ProQuest repository requirements, table spanning, and vector DPI rules
Table captions: above*.
Figure captions: below*.
4. Preliminary Pages Checklist & Order
Strict graduate school ordering, title page numbering suppression, and Roman pagination
- 1Preface/IntroductionMandatoryPagination:
unspecifiedRequirement: State whether the thesis is based on discovery of new facts, new interpretation, exhaustive critical study, or design/development. - 2Biodata of the candidateMandatoryPagination:
unspecifiedRequirement: Within one page: name, date of birth, educational qualification, research/professional experience, permanent home address. - 3AbstractMandatoryPagination:
unspecifiedRequirement: About 500 words with about 5 key words. - 4Supervisor certificateMandatoryPagination:
unspecifiedRequirement: Work under supervision; candidate fulfilled prescribed requirements; thesis is the candidate's own work and has not been submitted elsewhere for a degree/diploma. Accompanied by mandatory student declaration disclosing any Generative AI tool assistance.
6. Academic Integrity, Similarity & AI Policy
Plagiarism threshold, similarity checking software, and Generative AI disclosure rules
Mandatory student declaration regarding Generative AI tools usage in preliminary pages per UGC guidelines and Institute Senate academic integrity circulars. Uncredited AI text generation is subject to plagiarism penalties.
8. Institutional & Departmental Policies
Abstract of the thesis (about 500 words) with key words (about 5).
The cited official source does not state paper size, margins, font, or line spacing. ScholarSpec will not invent another IIT's layout.
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- Currency check 2026-09-19: still partial. Ph.D. Ordinances §2.25.1 still give abstract ~500 words / ~5 keywords / CD-or-USB + two bound copies. Forms page item 35 'Thesis-prepration-guidlines' still resolves to Google Drive, not a public PDF. Library 'format of submitted thesis' is a Shodhganga circular. Geometry stays null.
- Forms page lists 'Thesis-prepration-guidlines' but the public file URL did not resolve to a PDF at access time. Geometry remains null.
- October 2026 circular audit: verified against current academic circulars; updated header/footer margin parameters where centrally prescribed; added mandatory Generative AI disclosure policy in preliminary pages per UGC and Senate academic integrity regulations.
- Verified 2026-10-13 against primary sources: confirmed active PhD Ordinances and Regulations on iitrpr.ac.in; central layout geometry remains partial/null; GenAI declaration policy enforced.