Institute of Science and Technology

School of Mathematical Sciences

Master in Data Science
Dissertation Report Format

Dissertation is a formal piece of academic writing required for the completion of Master in Data
Science. It represents the culmination of a student's research and scholarly work in a field of data
science. The purpose of this course is to contribute new knowledge, insights, or perspectives to the
academic community and is expected to present original research and in-depth analysis of the
chosen topic. The main objective of this course is to familiarize students with the skills needed to
conduct in-depth study in the data science field to conduct an original research and contribute new
knowledge to the data science community.
At the end of this dissertation work, each student must prepare a final report and present this final
report in front of the evaluation committee. The format of the final report is given below.

Page Numbers
The pages containing student’s declaration to the page containing list of abbreviations should be
numbered in roman starting from i. The pages starting from Chapter 1 onwards should be
numbered in numeric starting from 1. Page numbers should be inserted at the bottom of the page
and aligned centre.

Paper Size and Margin

The paper size should be A4 and the margins must be set as:
• Top = 2.5 cm
• Bottom = 2 cm
• Left = 3.5 cm
• Right = 2 cm)

Paragraph
All paragraphs must be indented and justified (both left-justified and right-justified). All the
paragraphs must be written using Times New Roman font with font size 12 and 1.5 paragraph
spacing.
Heading
No more than 3 levels of headings should be used. Font size for the heading should be 16 for
chapter title, 14 for section headings and 12 for subsection headings. All the headings should be
written using Times New Roman font with bold faced.

Figures and Tables

Figure captions should be centred below the figures and table captions should be centred above
the table. All captions should be written using Times New Roman with font size 12, bold faced
and center alignment.

References
References provide a list of papers, books and other publications that are explicitly referred to in
the text. The report should follow latest version of APA style of citations and references.
 Tribhuvan University
Institute of Science and Technology

TITLE OF THE DISSERTATION REPORT

Dissertation

Submitted by

Candidate’s Full Name

(Registration no.)

Under the Supervision of

Supervisor’s Full Name

Submitted to
School of Mathematical Sciences
Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Data
Science
December, 2023
 Tribhuvan University
Institute of Science and Technology
School of Mathematical Sciences

STUDENT’S DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the contents written in this report are original and no sources other than
mentioned here have been used in this work.

…………………….
Student’s Full Name

Date: …….........

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 Tribhuvan university
Institute of Science and Technology
School of Mathematical Sciences

SUPERVISOR’S RECOMMENDATION

I hereby recommend that this Dissertation prepared under my supervision by Studeent’s Name
titled “Dissertation Title” in partial fulfillments for the degree of Master in Data Science be
processed for evaluation.

…………………….
Supervisor’s Name
Organization

Date: ………………

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 Tribhuvan University
Institute of Science and Technology
School of Mathematical Sciences

Date: …………..

APPROVAL SHEET
This is to certify that we have read this Dissertation and, in our opinion, it is applicable for the
scope and the quality of Dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of
Master in Data Science.

Evaluation Committee

…………………….. …………………..
Nawaraj Paudel, Assoc. Professor Supervisor’s Name
Director Supervisor
School of Mathematical Sciences Organization
Tribhuvan University, Nepal

...………………… …………………..
External Examiner Internal examiner

Date: ……………………..

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

iv
ABSTRACT

v
TABLE OF CONTENTS

vi
LIST OF TABLES

vii
LIST OF FIGURES

viii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

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 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1. Introduction