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Centria Guide for Thesis and Academic Writing

Title page

The name of the thesis should be as informative and interesting as possible. A good title is short, clear and descriptive. This concerns both the name of the thesis and the titles of the different chapters. The title can be divided into two, if needed, so that the main title gives the subject matter and the subtitle defines the perspective of this specific thesis.


For example: 

DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT REPORTING (main title in font siza 16)
 

Case City of Kokkola (subtitle in font size 14).



The settings for the title page:

The author’s name: 10 cm from the top of the page, font size 14 pt.
Between the author’s name and the thesis title one empty line (font size 14 pt).
The title of the thesis, font size 16 pt, all capitals, in bold.
Possible clarifying subtitle, font size 14 pt.
One empty line between the title and the subtitle.
All text written in bold on the title page.
Left margin 2.0 cm.
Top margin 2.5 cm.
Bottom margin 2.5 cm.
Right margin 1.5 cm.
The name of the month and the year on the final line.
Line spacing 1.

When using the ready-made Word template all settings are correct.