1, the general word count refers to the corrected word count, that is, the first chapter to the last chapter, excluding abstracts, tables of contents, acknowledgements, references, appendices, etc. And it refers to the number of words rather than the number of characters. For example, a 30,000-word graduation thesis is a 30,000-word Chinese character, excluding punctuation and spaces.
2. The master's thesis requires not only the number of words, but also the number of pages, which can be between 60 and 80 pages. This also refers to the main body of the paper, and does not include abstract, table of contents, thanks, references and appendices.
3. The number of references is generally not less than 40, including not less than 20 references in foreign languages, and the number of references in the last five years is generally not less than one third of the total, and the references in the last two years should be used, and the references should be cited in the text.
Master thesis format specification:
1, page settings:
Typesetting with Microsoft word, A4 paper type, left and right margins of 2.5cm;; The text line spacing is fixed at 16 points, and the others are single-line spacing.
2. Title of the paper:
Small size 2 is in the middle. The title does not exceed 20 words. Section front 10mm.
3. Author's name:
When multiple authors belong to different units, the names should be marked with numbers corresponding to the unit serial number (see the next article), separated by commas, with two spaces in the middle; No.4 is in the center. 8 mm before segmentation.
4. the author:
When there are multiple units, the unit names are marked with serial numbers and separated by semicolons. And the corresponding serial number should be added before the author's name of the corresponding unit. A unit does not need a number. Small number five is in the middle. Single line spacing before paragraph.
5. Summary:
A space in the middle of the word "abstract" is bold with a colon and placed at the beginning of the main paragraph of the abstract. The content is Xiao no.5 style. 8mm in front of the paragraph, two Chinese characters are indented left and right, with single spacing.
6. Key words:
"Keyword" 3 words, small number 5 bold, plus a colon. Keywords are separated by semicolons. Xiao no.5 style. Indent two Chinese characters left and right of the paragraph. There is a line 1 between the keyword and the abstract.