What is a research proposal?
In addition to the above requirements, students applying for a postgraduate research program must also submit the following documents: Detailed research proposal Abstracts, research publications etc The admission committee may also require special recommendation letters from professors of the academic institution where you last studied.
When you apply you will be asked to indicate a proposed topic of study, and to submit a research proposal describing your proposed research topic in more detail. This is analogous to the “Statement of Purpose” required by other universities, but we are more interested in your research orientation than in anything else. The research proposal is a very important component of your application. The document describing your research proposal must not exceed 4MB and we suggest a length of 500-1000 words (approximately one side of A4 paper). Potential supervisors and others in related research areas will be involved in assessing your application and they will be looking at your proposal for evidence that you have an appropriate background for the topic area and for your own ideas about how research on that topic should best be taken forward. What you write is not binding, but it will give us a useful impression of your background, interests and ideas. If you have not yet decided on a precise
Related Questions
- Regarding the 5 page research proposal, I am attempting to balance the importance of background material and discussion of relevance, versus experimental detail. What are your guidelines?
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