MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEPATMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
GUIDELINES FOR FIELD ATTACHMENT REPORT
The Field Attachment Report
The Field attachment report should be derived from the work undertaken by the student in the
organization/institution of attachment (Host Organization)
Format
1. The report should by typed; times new Roman; font size 12 and spacing of 1.5
2. Size of report: It should not be less than 15 pages and not more than 35 pages including
the appendices
Structure of the report
It will comprise of three main parts
1. Cover page
2. Preliminary pages
3. Body of the report
1. COVER PAGE
Cover page should have the following
University Name
Student full name and registration
Degree Programme
Organization where attachment was undertaken
Attachment Period
2. PRELIMINARY PAGES
Page 2: Student: Declaration
With the following writings:
“I declare that this field attachment report is a product of activities I carried out in
….................................(Indicate name of the host organization) during my attachment from ……
to...........(Indicate the dates of attachment) and has not been submitted by any other student to
any other university for Award of academic certificate
Signature Date
Name:
Reg No:
Page 3: The declaration page is followed by the Abstract
Abstract
Should consist of precise summary of the entire report including the The abstract should NOT
EXCEED 300 WORDS
Page 4: Table of contents (TOC)
The preliminary pages should have roman numerals i.e., i, ii, iii iv e.t.c.,
3. BODY
The body shall comprise of five (5) chapters as follows;
1. Chapter 1: Introduction
2. Chapter 2: Main programmes in the Organization
3. Chapter 3: Main activities carried out during the attachment
4. Chapter 4: Skills and Experience
5. Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Objectives of the field attachment
1.2: Description of Location of the Host Organization (County, climate, main crops,
population etc)
1.3: History of the organization
Mission,
Vision,
Objectives of the organization (Main programmes, products etc)
1.4: Organizational structure (Diagrammatical presentation)
1.5: Main functions of the personnel in 1.3
Chapter 2: Main programmes in the Organisation
This include the main sections in the organization: both the technical and administration sections
Chapter 3: Main activities carried out during the attachment
Get most information from the log book and summarise the main activities you carried out in the
various sections
Chapter 4: Skills and Experience
4.1 : Summary of skills gained
4.2 ; Challenges encountered by the students
4.3 : How the challenges were overcome
Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations
In about 500 to 1000 words, Give your overall overview of the field
attachment indicating if you think the objectives of the attachment were
achieved and why
In addition give recommendation for improving the attachment exercise and also
recommendation to improve the organisation. Consider the strengths and weaknesses
of the institution based on your personal evaluation
You may use bullet points
References
APPENDICES
1. Scan and attach field attachment programme
2. Attach any relevant photos