Guidelines for Writing Internship Report

1. Page: Page should be of A4 size.

2. Font: Time New Roman 12.
3. Justification The whole document must be fully (left + right) justified.
4. Line Spacing: The body of the report should have 1.5 line spacing
5. Margins: 3cm all round.
6. Paragraphs and Sections: Extra blank line before and after every section and
subsection. Paragraphs must be separated by blank line.
Paragraphs must be justified.
7. Headings & Subheadings: All headings and their subheadings should be
properly formatted.
8. Punctuations, Spelling and Grammar Check: Use correct punctuation marks.
Spelling and grammar should be accurate.
9. Page Numbering: Every page should be numbered. The page numbers should
start with 1 from the first page of your chapter 1. All the pages
before the first chapter should be given Roman numbers (i, ii,
iii, etc.) e.g., from Declaration till the last page before Chapter1.
No page numbering on Table of content page (s), although the pages are
counted. Page numbers should be Bottom Centered.

Note: These typed pages should be in hard board binding in blue colour. Title of the
study, candidate name, registration number & the year of submission should
be clearly mentioned on the cover page. Title format is given below.
 FORMAT OF THE INTERSHIP REPORT

 Title page (page 3)

 Certificate of Approval (page 4)
 Declaration
 Dedication
 Abstract
 Acknowledgment
 Table of Contents
 List of Tables and Figures, if any
 Introduction to the Report (Chapter 1)
 Introduction to Organization (Chapter 2)
 What I learned (Chapter 3)
 Financial and SWOT analysis (Chapter 4)
 Findings, Recommendations and conclusion (Chapter 5)
 References (Follow APA style)
 Annexes
NOTE: Report should not contain any extra chapter, other than mentioned above. It
should strictly include these five chapters only.

Note: Change your detail in below specimen

 TNTERNSHIP REPORT

ON

NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN

This Internship report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the

requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration
(Finance)

By

Ishaq Ahmad

REG. NO: 13-03122-00270

Department of Management Sciences

Govt College of Management Sciences
University of Swabi, Pakistan

Session (2013-17)
 INTERNSHIP REPORT
ON
NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN
This Internship report is submitted in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration
(Finance)

By

Ishaq Ahmad
REG. NO: 13-03122-00270

Department of Management Sciences

University of Swabi

Approved by:
___________________ __________________
Dr.Arif Name:
(Internal Supervisor) (External Supervisor)

___________________ __________________
(Head of Department) (Internship Coordinator)
 In the Name of ALLAH (SWT), the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

(Optional)

Chapter 1: Introduction of the report

It should include some basic information regarding the process of preparation of report.
This part should have one chapter of not more than four pages with the following topics:
1.1 Background of Study
This part should give some basic information regarding topic of the study.
1.2 Purpose of Study
In a few lines, purpose of the study should be included in this sub section. For example,
purpose may be to study an organization from marketing perspective or to study the
strength and weaknesses of finance section of an organization etc.
1.3 Scope of Work
An internee cannot cover every aspect of an organization in the limited time available to
him / her. Therefore, one needs to limit to certain areas. Thus, he / she should mention
the main focus of work.
1.4 Limitations of the Study (if any)
1.5 Methodology of Study
1.5.1 Data collection etc
1.6 Scheme of Report

Chapter 2: Introduction to Organization

It should be a brief overview about the organization of concern, and may include major
activities, products and services offered by organization and structure of the
organization. Each aspect of the organization should be explained under specific
heading. All the headings should be properly formatted.

Chapter 3: What I learned

What you have done in the organization during period of internship. Your job
responsibilities; in how many departments you worked; what have you leaned in these
departments, etc.
(Note: Title of this chapter shall not be “What I Learned”).
Chapter 4: Financial and SWOT analysis
This part is very important. The analysis will be based on the area of interest such as
organizational analysis, SWOT analysis, Marketing analysis, Financial analysis, Human
Resources or any similar type of analysis. Note: Students with finance specialization
should conduct financial and SWOT analysis.

Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations

This is the most important part of the report. Most people would like to see report’s
findings and recommendations. Therefore, an internee should concentrate heavily on the
quality of recommendations. Recommendations should not be vague, abstract, idealist,
or ambitious. Recommendations should be specific, concrete, to the point, practical,
relevant to that organization and implementable. An internee should realize that if he /
she is in position of authority to implement these recommendations, then how he/she is
going to do it. Recommendations should be divided into short term, medium term, and
long term time period and in phases. All recommendations should carry their financial
cost. If an internee suggests the organization to hire more people then he / she will have
to prepare job descriptions for proposed staff according to organization’s rules and
regulations.

Heading style:
Following are the Heading styles, starting from Main Heading; then Sub Heading; Then
Sub Sections. It has five levels:

Centered, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading

Flush left, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading

Indented, boldface, lowercase paragraphs heading ending with period.

Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a

period.

Indented, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period.

NOTE: Font size of all the headings must be 12pt