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How to Find Good
Project and
Dissertation Topics
for Your Graduate
Research
A guide for students and researchers
Finding a good project and dissertation topic is the first step to
making good grades in your final task as a student about to
graduate.
Put in another way, Choosing the perfect topic for your academic
research work is very critical to the overall success of the project.
Choose the best area of your course you have mastered.
What does it mean for project writing to be successful? It means
selecting a topic you can write on (Mastered subject matter),
finishing it on time, making good grades and graduating when
everyone else is graduating (considering the time allotted for
completion)
Some project supervisors give students topics to write on and
some request you submit topics on your own. If the former is the
case, Your job is to search research libraries, online repositories,
journals, course textbooks etc for guides and references.
No topic is a virgin topic, There is always an academic work done
on every topic. If he/she has given you a topic, It is your
supervisor’s specialty, ask them for reference materials too.
They only want you to identify different problems, prove that they
are problems and recommend solutions to them.
If you have been asked to submit topics for approval,
here are some guidelines on how to choose a
comfortable topic.
Look at previous topics from
other researchers in your field
Take advantage of your school library
and especially your departmental
library to find past projects in your field
and area of interest. This should serve
as a guide in helping you to frame your
own topic, with an extra sense of
assurance that you have reference
materials if the topic is approved.
However, avoid overused topics.
Also, There are different websites
with suggested project topics in
various fields. Of course you don’t
have to plagiarize other people’s
works, but depending on what your
area of interest is, you can work
your topic around the ideas you see
there. You must be passionate
about the topic you choose
Consider the time
allotted to complete
your project
Try to make sure it’s something you can
finish up before the deadline.
Who is your supervisor?
All internal supervisors are always lecturers in
different areas or branches of your field. You must
choose topics in their area of specialty. An
international relations lecturer will prefer you submit
topics like The role of United Nations Peace keeping
efforts in the world. Stick to areas of concentration
for each supervisor.
Choose topics that have
prospects
This means that make sure you work on
topics that will be relevant to you when
you want to further your education.
That is, getting your Msc., Ma. And Phd.
Etc
Undergraduate research work helps
as support documents when it is
time to apply for scholarships,
grants etc.
Tips to find good project project topics for your graduate research

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Tips to find good project project topics for your graduate research

  • 1. How to Find Good Project and Dissertation Topics for Your Graduate Research A guide for students and researchers
  • 2. Finding a good project and dissertation topic is the first step to making good grades in your final task as a student about to graduate. Put in another way, Choosing the perfect topic for your academic research work is very critical to the overall success of the project. Choose the best area of your course you have mastered. What does it mean for project writing to be successful? It means selecting a topic you can write on (Mastered subject matter), finishing it on time, making good grades and graduating when everyone else is graduating (considering the time allotted for completion)
  • 3. Some project supervisors give students topics to write on and some request you submit topics on your own. If the former is the case, Your job is to search research libraries, online repositories, journals, course textbooks etc for guides and references. No topic is a virgin topic, There is always an academic work done on every topic. If he/she has given you a topic, It is your supervisor’s specialty, ask them for reference materials too. They only want you to identify different problems, prove that they are problems and recommend solutions to them.
  • 4. If you have been asked to submit topics for approval, here are some guidelines on how to choose a comfortable topic.
  • 5. Look at previous topics from other researchers in your field Take advantage of your school library and especially your departmental library to find past projects in your field and area of interest. This should serve as a guide in helping you to frame your own topic, with an extra sense of assurance that you have reference materials if the topic is approved. However, avoid overused topics. Also, There are different websites with suggested project topics in various fields. Of course you don’t have to plagiarize other people’s works, but depending on what your area of interest is, you can work your topic around the ideas you see there. You must be passionate about the topic you choose
  • 6. Consider the time allotted to complete your project Try to make sure it’s something you can finish up before the deadline.
  • 7. Who is your supervisor? All internal supervisors are always lecturers in different areas or branches of your field. You must choose topics in their area of specialty. An international relations lecturer will prefer you submit topics like The role of United Nations Peace keeping efforts in the world. Stick to areas of concentration for each supervisor.
  • 8. Choose topics that have prospects This means that make sure you work on topics that will be relevant to you when you want to further your education. That is, getting your Msc., Ma. And Phd. Etc Undergraduate research work helps as support documents when it is time to apply for scholarships, grants etc.