Document Library

Study and Examining

The Faculty produces notes and advice for students writing essays and dissertations, guidelines for students preparing portfolios of essays, advice on how to reference correctly, and some warnings on plagiarism. Please select the notes or advice you want from the lists below:

• Essay Guidelines
• Guidelines for portfolios of essays (for Paper B13)
• Word limits
• Marking Criteria for 2013 examinations (CamTools)
• Referencing for essays and dissertations
• The University's Policy on good academic practice and plagiarism

Dissertations

• Thinking of writing a dissertation? Some advice
• Part IIB dissertation topic proposal
• Dissertation Guidelines
• Word limits
• Dissertations: Cover page for Part IIB dissertation

Supporting documentation

• Essay Cover Page
• Portfolio Cover Page
• Student declaration (to be completed by all examination candidates)
• Declaration for Diploma dissertations
• Award and grant application form

Information on Camtools

• Reading lists
• Tripos supervisors
• Directors of Studies
• Past examination papers
• Essay titles

Miscellaneous

• Transferable skills