G U I D E L I N E F O R S Y N O P S I S W R I T I N G (S A M P L E )

UNIVERSI TY OF VETERINAR Y & ANIMA L SCIENCES, LAHOR E

Synopsis of M. Phil./Ph.D
(S u b j e c t / D i s c i p l i n e )

T I T L E:

(S h o u l d b e c l e a r a n d p r e c i s e )
Date o f Admissio n ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
Date o f Initiatio n ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
Probable research duration ________________________

(F o r M . P h i l r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t t h e m i n i m u m r e s e a r c h s p a n i s 3 m o n t h s ) .
(F o r P h . D r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t t h e m i n i m u m r e s e a r c h s p a n i s 9 m o n t h s ) .

PERSONNEL:
Name o f stude nt ______ ________ ________ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___
Regd. No. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
Supervisory Committee 1. Supervisor: _______________________
2 . Member: _______________________
3 . Member: _______________________
R E L E V A N CE T O R ES E A RC H P R IO R I T Y
Certificate
The title o f the synopsis relates to researc h priority entitle, “_____”of
the Department.

Signature: ______________
(S t u d e n t )

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FORWARDED BY SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE:

1 . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (S u p e r v i s o r )
2 . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (M e m b e r )
3 . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (M e m b e r )

In case of Ph.D a Certificate from the Superviso r to the effect that t

he scholar has presented a seminar to defend h i s sy n o p si s at
Universit y Level should accompany the synopsis document .
Recommende d and Forwarded by Chairman Board of Studies of the
Department of:______________

____________________
(C h a i r m a n )

Recommende d and Forwarde d by Synopsis Scrutiny Committee:

____________________
(C h a i r m a n )

Reviewed and witnessed by:

___________________
(D E A N )

Facult y of
___________________________________________________
Universit y of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore.

Director Advanced Studies

University of Veterinary
and Animal, Sciences, Lahore

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 INTRODUCTION
(N e w p a g e )
I. Importance of topic.
II. Present situation at national and internationa l level.
III. Relevance to national needs and identified research
prioritie s.
IV. The objective s of the study
V. W hat the pre sent study is e xpe cte d t o contribut e to the
existing scientific knowledge on the subject/ topic.
R e v i e w o f L i t e r a t ur e
(N e w p a g e )
No. of reviews for M. Phil M i n i m u m 1 5 (s y n o p s i s ) l a t e s t .
No. of reviews for Ph.D. Minimum 25

Reviews should be arranged in chronological order and be split up

under subheadings in case of Ph.D synopsis.
Only desperately required old reference / reviews should be added.

Materials & Methods

(N e w p a g e )
Experimental design should be clearly mentioned with references.
It should be in a logical order including following information:

I. Experime ntal Anima ls/ Birds (Informat ion about their origin, rearing
e tc)
II. Selectio n criteria – Species/ Age / Se x/ He alth Status
III. Experime ntal De sign (Sampl e size, grouping of animals/ birds‐ No. of
Gro ups, Positive a nd Negative co ntrols, etc.)
IV. Technique s for co llect ion of samples (e .g. sa mpling material, mode
of transportation preserva tion, examinat ion and identificat ion etc.)

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V. What statistica l mode l would be applied to pre se nt project ?

S U M M AR Y
(N e w p a g e )
It should include the following:
1. Objectives of study
2. Brief experimenta l design
3. Methods used to achie ve these objective s
4. Expected result s (is it ok to do it?)

Literature Cited
(N e w p a g e )
Please see ‘Guideline s for Thesis Writing’ to correct ly cite literature
from journal/ book/ personal communication) .

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