The Faculty launched the guidelines for the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy proposals, theses and dissertation on January 24, 2020. This was officiated by the Principal College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Professor Rose Nyikal.
This document is the first of its kind in the history of the Faculty. The guidelines make it easier for students to develop and format proposals and theses, reduce the period taken by supervisors to provide feedback on proposals, theses and dissertations. Further, Graduate School has come up with new guidelines on graduate student supervision, proposal submission, anti-plagiarism testing and thesis examination which students need to know. The Faculty requires its graduate students to publish their research findings in peer reviewed international journals with good impact factor before graduation. Preparation of high quality theses can therefore aid in producing high standard manuscripts. Also, a thesis (or a dissertation) is a final, fully edited, published document that is uploaded in the University of Nairobi’s repository. Faculty of Agriculture theses and dissertations must always, therefore, be of high standard. In recognition of the aforementioned facts, the Faculty of Agriculture Graduate Studies Committee was tasked to come up with a guiding document for graduate students. The resulting document was then approved by the Faculty Board.
These guidelines will equip graduate students with essential information on how to prepare and submit proposals, dissertations and theses in a consistent format acceptable to the Faculty of Agriculture and the Graduate School.
