Research methodology, data analysis and publishing

A new Senate-approved thesis format took effect at UNIMAS on 1 January 2026. Its full text sits behind a student login. The newest guideline the public can read is from November 2021 — and on two basic points it contradicts the university’s own regulations. This page sets out the UNIMAS thesis format requirements in force

MMU’s bottom margin is twice its top margin. And the copyright page must vest the work in Universiti Telekom Sdn. Bhd. — not in Multimedia University. Both are easy to get wrong, and both are checked. This page sets out the MMU thesis format requirements in force at Multimedia University, read from the Institute for

UTAR’s 20% similarity limit is the easy part. The rule that actually fails theses is the one underneath it: no single source above 1%, and no matching run longer than eight words. A thesis sitting at 12% overall can still be sent back. This page sets out the UTAR thesis format requirements in force at

Download IIUM’s official Word template and check the page size. It is set to US Letter, not A4. Every margin you measure against the guideline will be wrong before you type a word. This page sets out the IIUM thesis format requirements in force at International Islamic University Malaysia, read from the Centre for Postgraduate

UiTM stopped requiring a hard-bound thesis. Final submission is now one PDF under 50 MB, emailed. If you are budgeting for maroon buckram and gold lettering, you may not need it at all. This page sets out the UiTM thesis format requirements in force at Universiti Teknologi MARA, read from the Institute of Postgraduate Studies

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia departs from every other Malaysian university on three counts — double-sided printing, B5 for the final copy, and a Turnitin cap applied chapter by chapter.

Universiti Sains Malaysia’s thesis format — a binary font choice, an 80,000-word PhD ceiling, and the Bahasa Malaysia abstract that has to come before the English one.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s thesis format, and the single most expensive mistake UKM candidates make: formatting references in APA when Gaya UKM is not APA.

Universiti Putra Malaysia’s thesis format — six approved fonts, a word range rather than a ceiling, a 25% similarity cap, and an outright ban on headers and footers.

Universiti Malaya’s thesis format in full — a 4 cm left margin, 2 cm everywhere else, Times New Roman 12, double spacing, and the declaration form that must be bound into every copy.