university · Niger State

Federal University of Technology, Minna

Standard 5-chapter structure with an optional 6th. Body text 12pt. States that analysis "should be specific to each objective".

Rule	What FUT Minna requires
Chapters	5 to 6 chapters
Title length	not stated in the handbook
Body font	12 point
Line spacing	not stated in the handbook
Referencing	APA
Hypotheses	only where your design is inferential
Plagiarism screening	not stated in the handbook

On objectives and analysis: Analysis "should be specific to each objective".

Source: the FUT Minna document itself. If your department circulates its own variant, follow that.

What Chapter One must contain

Consistent across every Nigerian handbook we have read. Leaving any of these out is a common reason for departmental corrections.

Background to the Study — Situates the problem in its Nigerian or sector context.
Statement of the Problem — The gap or issue, usually closing on one crisp problem sentence.
Purpose / Aim and Specific Objectives — An overall aim, then numbered objectives.
Research Questions and / or Hypotheses — Hypotheses only if your design is inferential — NOUN writes "and/or".
Significance of the Study — Who benefits, and how.
Scope / Delimitation of the Study — Geographic, population and conceptual bounds.
Operational Definition of Terms — Your major constructs, defined as you use them.

Select Federal University of Technology, Minna in the free check and it applies these rules to your own title, objectives and questions.