Orientation-Recording
Orientation-Recording
Thesis/Dissertation/Capstone Project/Practice-Based Writing
Thesis/Dissertation/Capstone Project/Practice-Based Writing
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To: All Graduate School Students for Final Defense and Concerned Adviser and Critic
Subject: Submission Procedure for Final Manuscript Review
To: Graduate School Students
Subject: Submission Process to Request for a Defense Schedule
1st Enrollment in Writing
1st Enrollment in Writing
Topic Presentation
Topic Presentation
Steps in requesting for presentation/defense schedule:
Prepare 3 topics using the official template: https://bit.ly/TitlePresentationFormat
Prepare your PowerPoint presentation using this template: https://bit.ly/PPT_Title_Template
Pay the title fee via:
Landbank E-Payment Portal - https://www.lbp-eservices.com/egps/portal/index.jsp
GCash - Bills>School>Bulacan State University>Purpose of Payment: Thesis Fee or Dissertation Fee.
Before submitting the hard copy, submit the following via this link: https://bit.ly/SubmissionOfManuscriptForPresentation
Soft copy of topic paper and its PowerPoint – Get the Google Drive link location of your file and paste it into the Google Form for the schedule request.
Proof of payment – Upload a receipt of ₱1,500 for the presentation fee.
Certificate of Registration (COR) – Proof that you are currently enrolled.
After submitting the soft copy, submit the hard copies at the Graduate School Office.
Each hard copy should be placed in a presentable folder. Submit five (5) sets of hard copies
*for new curriculum: should bring a copy of the accomplished mentoring report.
Important: Submission of hard copies without prior submission of the soft copy and schedule request will not be accepted.
Wait for confirmation via email from graduate.writing@bulsu.edu.ph or a phone call from the Associate Dean regarding your schedule.
2nd Enrollment in Writing
2nd Enrollment in Writing
Pre-Oral Defense
Pre-Oral Defense
Here are the templates you need for your writing:
Routing Slip for Consultation - https://bitly.cx/DJ2rj (Note: must be in fresh signature)
Preliminaries, Chapters I-III, and Appendices Format (Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed-Method Research) - https://bit.ly/Pre_Oral_Defense_Format
If your paper is ready for presentation:
Have your Adviser and Critic sign your Endorsement Letter (Fresh Signature only): https://bit.ly/SubmissionOfManuscriptForPresentation
Pay the pre-oral defense fee together with ethics fee of Php2,000 via:
Counter at BulSU
Landbank E-Payment Portal - https://www.lbp-eservices.com/egps/portal/index.jsp
GCash - Bills>School>Bulacan State University>Purpose of Payment: Thesis Fee or Dissertation Fee.
Ethics FEE : Is in accordance with the approved Board Resolution: drive.google.com/file/d/1wfKXSJVZBjhPWPAgyNp74W5s-dtoeN6I/view?usp=sharing
Submit the softcopy of your manuscript including your signed endorsement letter, powerpoint presentation, copy of the defense fee, ethics fee and COR in this link: https://bit.ly/Request_Schedule_Title_Pre_Final
Submit your hardcopies at the Graduate School Office: (Each hard copy should be placed in a presentable folder.)
Master's Degree: please submit 6-sets of hardcopies (with 6 copies of signed endorsement letter), signed Routing Slip.
Doctoral Degree: please submit 7-sets of hardcopies (with 7 copies of signed endorsement letter), signed Routing Slip.
Kindy wait for the email of graduate.writing@bulsu.edu.ph or phone call of the Associate Dean regarding your schedule.
Use this PowerPoint presentation template: https://bit.ly/PPT_Pre_Oral_Template
*After Pre-Oral Defense Request for Ethics Certification
Key Updates:
Starting September 22, 2025 a payment of ₱2,000 will be required for Ethics Requests.
The procedure is as follows:
Secure a payment slip from the Graduate School.
Pay the corresponding fee at the Cashier’s Office.
This is in accordance with the approved Board Resolution: drive.google.com/file/d/1wfKXSJVZBjhPWPAgyNp74W5s-dtoeN6I/view?usp=sharing
Upload a copy of your receipt of payment through the Ethics Google Form: https://forms.gle/hqXe7uP4cryQgZWA6
All ethics review submissions must now be submitted through Google Form.
Click here to submit: Google Form Submission of Ethics Form
Researchers must upload all required documents (Forms 2A–2E, Study Protocol, Informed Consent, CVs, etc.):
Form-2A-Review Checklist Form - Form 2A
Form-2B-Registration and Application Form - Form 2B (Skip the Endorsement of the Dean, kindly inform the ERC that you are a Graduate School student. Endrosement from the Dean is only applicable for the undergraduate students).
Form-2C-Study Protocol Assessment Form - Form 2C
Form-2D-Informed Consent Form - Form 2D
Form-2E-General-checklist-for-investigator - Form 2E
Informed Consent - Consent Form
Your manuscript in docx and pdf file, curriculum vitae, and validated instrument.
Proper file naming conventions must be followed.
Full Board Review submissions must be sent at least 14 calendar days before the last week of the month to be considered for the upcoming ERC meeting. Late submissions will be scheduled for the next cycle.
For further inquiries, researchers may contact erc.rmo.rde@bulsu.edu.ph.
3rd Enrollment in Writing
3rd Enrollment in Writing
Final Defense
Final Defense
Here are the templates you need for your writing:
Routing Slip for Consultation -https://bitly.cx/DJ2rj (Note: must be in fresh signature)
Preliminaries, Chapters I-V, and Appendices Format (Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed-Method Research: https://bit.ly/Final_Defense_Format
If your paper is ready for INITIAL EVALUATION:
Have your Adviser and Critic sign your Endorsement Letter (Fresh Signature only): https://bit.ly/Final_Defense_Endorsement
Submit your manuscript together with the signed Endorsement Letter: https://forms.gle/B1AnVUeJc1R1tfGT7
Wait for the initial evaluation of the GS Head for Research. An endorsement certificate shall be issued through Email
Your paper is now ready for PRESENTATION
Pay the final defense fee via:
Landbank E-Payment Portal - https://www.lbp-eservices.com/egps/portal/index.jsp
GCash - Bills>School>Bulacan State University>Purpose of Payment: Thesis Fee or Dissertation Fee.
Submit the softcopy of your manuscript including your signed endorsement letters (from the adviser, critic and GS head for Research and Extension, powerpoint presentation, copy of the defense fee and COR in this link: https://bit.ly/SubmissionOfManuscriptForPresentation
Submit your hardcopies at the Graduate School Office: (Each hard copy should be placed in a presentable folder.)
Master's Degree: please submit 6-sets of hardcopies (with 6 copies of signed endorsement letters), signed Routing Slip.
Doctoral Degree: please submit 7-sets of hardcopies (with 7 copies of signed endorsement letters), signed Routing Slip.
Kindy wait for the email of graduate.writing@bulsu.edu.ph or phone call of the Associate Dean regarding your schedule.
Prepare your PowerPoint presentation using this template: https://bit.ly/PPT_Final_Template
After Final Defense make sure to have these documents
After Final Defense make sure to have these documents
Matrix of Correction Template (fresh signature): https://matrixofcorrection
Statistician's/Coder Review's Certification Template
Statistical Certification Template - https://StatCertTemp
Code Review Certification Template - https://CodeRevCertTemp
Language Certification template - https://LanguageCertTemplate
Request for Plagiarism Certification (C/o Library)
A request for a Plagiarism certificate may only be made once the matrix of corrections has been accomplished, with the endorsement written directly on the matrix by the Associate Dean.
Proceed to the E-Library for the said request.
Wait for the Anti-plagiarism Certificate to be issued by the assigned librarian.
Ethics Completion Report Form ( c/o Ethics Review Committee)
Library Forms (fresh signature)
Accomplish the certification below and bring it to the office together with your manuscript for the Final Checking: https://ELibForms
Final Checking Certificate (fresh signature)
Accomplish the certification and bring it to the office together with your manuscript for the Final Checking: https://FinalCheckingCert
The final soft copy of the manuscript shall also be submitted to the Library.
Submission of Full Paper and IMRaD and Template
IMRaD Template - https://IMRaDTemp
IMRaD Submission- https://IMRaDSubmission
Full Paper (Title Page to Curriculum Vitae) - https://forms.gle/zsho1vouK86YwjB78
Submit the final checking certificate in the GS Office and look for Dr. Leonora De Jesus (Associate Dean)
Final Evaluation Certificate will be released after the presentation of candidates to the board of directors.
Defense Fee
Defense Fee
You may pay through:
Landbank E-Payment Portal - https://www.lbp-eservices.com/egps/portal/index.jsp
GCash - PayBills>Schools>Bulacan State University>Purpose of Payment: Thesis Fee or Dissertation Fee
E. Sample Qualitative Instrument with Validation Tool
E. Sample Qualitative Instrument with Validation Tool
Reference: https://ijoness.com/article/146887/en
I. APA 7th Edition Format
I. APA 7th Edition Format
Referencing Style - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i3M5NpgxX6AaruH6FWEeMYy23PR2kbmu/view?usp=share_link
Table Set-up - https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/tables-figures/tables
Sample Tables - https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/tables-figures/sample-tables
Clip Art or Stock Image References - https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/clip-art-references
Figure Set-up - https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/tables-figures/figures
Numbers and Statistics Guide - https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/numbers-statistics-guide.pdf
J. Guidelines in Determining the Reputability of Journals
J. Guidelines in Determining the Reputability of Journals
Excerpt from PASUC Memorandum on the Enhanced Guidelines for the Accreditation of Full Professors, issued on May 14, 2014.
Journals that are not Institute of Scientific Information (ISI)-/Scopus-indexed or CHED-recognized but are indexed in the working list below are considered reputable:
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Medline, National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)
PubMed, National Library of Medicine (NLM)
ASEAN Citation Index (ACI)
In case the publication is not indexed in the above working list, the following criteria would
be applied to determine its reputability. All items in the criteria must be fully satisfied.
CRITERIA
Publisher. Who is the publisher of the journal? Is there an established reputable publishing house (including Springer, Wiley, Taylor-Francis, Elsevier, Nature Publishing Group)?
Peer Review. Does the journal use rigorous peer review process in selecting manuscripts for publication? Correspondence during the review process must be provided.
Editorial Board. Is the international editorial board present? Are the members of the editorial board from established universities or institutions worldwide? Is the editorial board comprised of esteemed researchers (with high H Index) in their chosen field?
Editorial Policy. In addition to defining their editorial scope, the journal’s guide for authors, which should be easily found on the journal’s website, should describe its peer-review and editorial processes, and give detailed instructions on how authors are expected to prepare and submit their paper and publication ethics statement.
Publication Frequency. Does the journal publish at consistent intervals? The journal must be in circulation for at least two (2) years.
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