The mainstream is to use word documents, which is convenient for modification, reading and writing. Pdf format is used to prevent others from modifying the originality of the document. So you still have to think for yourself. Of course, it is best to send it in both formats.

Generally speaking, PDF is a file in picture format, and documents in PDF format are fixed in format and content. Word is a document format file, and the file format of Microsoft Word editing software is mainly different in format technology, reading and editing.

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Generally, the number of words in undergraduate graduation thesis is less than 1 1,000 words, and some institutions will require it to be around 1 1,500 words. The writing structure of undergraduate arts and sciences is basically the same, except for some graduation designs of engineering or computer majors.

Master's thesis is generally composed of full-time postgraduate thesis, on-the-job postgraduate thesis, MBA thesis and EMBA thesis, and the number of words is generally less than 40 thousand words.

His thesis writing process and structure are basically the same as those of the above-mentioned undergraduates, and it also needs to go through several important steps such as proposition, topic opening, text writing and finalization.

Doctoral thesis consists of in-service doctoral thesis and full-time doctoral thesis, and the number of words is generally 80-65438+ million words.

Doctoral thesis has the largest number of words, which is a difficult point in domestic and even international academic fields. It often takes a doctoral student 1 to 1 year and a half to write a thesis. During this period, from the topic selection to the topic opening, he racked his brains and constantly revised it. Writing the text often consumed a lot of energy for doctoral students.

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