KEY ELEMENTS

OF PHD THESIS
PROPOSAL

INTRODUCTION
A thesis proposal is that part of the thesis that
shows what one hopes to cover during the
study.
The proposal serves as a window to the study
and works as a tool for convincing the
evaluators to consider allowing the study to be
conducted.

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OBJECTIVE
The objective of the proposal is to express the
need for the research to be done. The proposal
is the most essential document in the process of
showing the need and the importance of the
study.

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CONTRIBUTION
A thesis proposal explains the essentiality of the
thesis subject, by way of showing how the study
may be able to contribute to the existing knowledge
about it.

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PRACTICALITY
The proposal also explains how it may be apt and in
sync with all the factors that influence the
successful completion of the thesis, such as the
financial feasibility, use of equipment and data an
the availability of evaluators.

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TIME LIMIT
The thesis proposal also aims at providing an idea of
the time that the project may take to be completed.
It helps in setting a realistic deadline for the task.

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DISCLAIMER
The proposal also works at making sure that the
thesis will be done in adherence with all the
ethical and technological requirements.

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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
The proposal should also aim at showing the
ways in which the thesis topic and the matter
interest the person attempting the thesis.

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BENEFIT
The biggest benefit of the proposal is that it
serves as a summarized form of the thesis as it
may be done. The proposal also serves as a trial
and error for the final submission of the thesis,
as the major changes and corrections for a
thesis take place at the proposal stage.

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