Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Ministry of Higher Education

Khana -e- Noor Institute of Higher Education
Faculty of Economics
Department of Business Administration

Thesis Guideline

Points to be considered during writing of thesis.

1. Follow American Psychological Association (APA) format.

2. 12 Font Size Bold for Heading, Subtitle and 12 Font Size for text body.
3. Page number must be at middle bottom. All page numbers must be in the same font and size as
the text. Introductory pages should be numbered in lower case Roman numerals (i, ii, iii …).
The title page is counted as page “i” but the page number is not printed.
4. The Top, Bottom and Right margins should be 1”, while the Left (binding side) margin should be
of 1.5 inches to allow binding.
5. A student is required to review minimum 20 research papers.
6. space between lines of each paragraph must be indented by 1.5 and text alignment must be
justified.
7. The thesis number of pages should be at least 55 paper of A4 size.
8. Soft copies (CDs) shall be affixed with each hard-bound copy.
9. Plagiarism acceptance percentage is 25% and report shall be attached with final copies.