Dissertation examples

Listed below are some of the best examples of final year projects and dissertations from students at the University of Leeds.

We have not been able to gather examples from all schools.

The module requirements for final year projects or dissertations may have changed since these examples were written. Refer to your module guidelines to make sure that you address all of the current assessment criteria.

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Institute of Psychological Sciences These dissertations achieved a mark of 80 or higher: An investigation into the relationship between early exposure and brand loyalty The relationship between sustained and divided attentional abilities and Autistic Spectrum Disorder traits Experiences of parents of people with anorexia nervosa: an interpretative phenomenological analysis Autonomous motivation: the key to employee performance and workplace success?
Lifelong Learning Centre An evaluation following the introduction of restorative practice in comparative school settings The transition experience: Are we getting it right? What influences effective intervention in parenting support? An investigation in to best practice. Where does partnership with parents begin? A study to explore nursery home visits from different perspectives.
School of Chemical and Process Engineering Electrochemical characterisation of gallium alloys for use as a phospholipid monolayer support Image processing and analysis of porous materials The mechanism of formation of porous calcite composite crystals through thermal decompositio RecA-based patterning of DNA scaffolds
School of Computing Projects which attained grades of over 70 or between 60 and 69 are indicated on the lists. School of Computing examples
School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering These are good quality reports but they are not perfect. You may be able to identify areas for improvement (for example, structure, content, clarity, standard of written English, referencing or presentation quality). The design of a FMCW microwave radar range detector Fabrication and measurement of two dimensional electron gas and one dimensional electron gas samples
School of English An exploration of female and male homosocial bonds in D. H. Lawrence's 'serious English novels' Faith, Selfhood and the Blues in the Lyrics of Nick Cave
School of Food Science and Nutrition Designing swollen lipid nanoparticles at physiologically relevant conditions - Annotated
School of History Prize winning dissertations from the School of History.
School of Law Guide to using the sample dissertations The Potential Effects of Reduced Street Lighting on Crime: an Empirical Study of the 'Selective Part-Night Street Lighting' Scheme in Leeds To what extent is terrorism a social construct? Radicalisation and Universities: A Critical Analysis of the Effectiveness and Consequences of Prevent Duty Evaluating the range of agencies involved in the investigation and prosecution of corporate fraud in the UK: is there an alternative to criminal justice? A critical analysis of the perceptions of, and responses to, female child sex offenders
School of Mathematics Epidemic Modelling Ramsey Theory The Dynamics of Accretion Discs
School of Media and Communication School of Media and Communication examples of good dissertations.
School of Physics and Astronomy Quantum effects in biology Melting point of a PVdF polymer gel electrolyte with changing PC:EC ratio Herbig Ae/Be star accretion rates and the Hertzsprung Russell diagram Raman spectroscopy and its reliability in the study of bone quality and composition Solitons: Propagation of solitary waves through blood
School of Sociology and Social Policy This dissertation achieved a mark of 84: Sporting Masculinities: A Comparison of Gramscian and Foucauldian concepts of power.

Institute of Psychological Sciences

These dissertations achieved a mark of 80 or higher:

An investigation into the relationship between early exposure and brand loyalty

The relationship between sustained and divided attentional abilities and Autistic Spectrum Disorder traits

Experiences of parents of people with anorexia nervosa: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Autonomous motivation: the key to employee performance and workplace success?

Lifelong Learning Centre

An evaluation following the introduction of restorative practice in comparative school settings

The transition experience: Are we getting it right?

What influences effective intervention in parenting support? An investigation in to best practice.

Where does partnership with parents begin? A study to explore nursery home visits from different perspectives.

School of Chemical and Process Engineering

Electrochemical characterisation of gallium alloys for use as a phospholipid monolayer support

Image processing and analysis of porous materials

The mechanism of formation of porous calcite composite crystals through thermal decompositio

RecA-based patterning of DNA scaffolds

School of Computing

Projects which attained grades of over 70 or between 60 and 69 are indicated on the lists.

School of Computing examples

School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

These are good quality reports but they are not perfect. You may be able to identify areas for improvement (for example, structure, content, clarity, standard of written English, referencing or presentation quality).

The design of a FMCW microwave radar range detector

Fabrication and measurement of two dimensional electron gas and one dimensional electron gas samples

School of Media and Communication

School of Media and Communication examples of good dissertations.

School of Physics and Astronomy

Quantum effects in biology

Melting point of a PVdF polymer gel electrolyte with changing PC:EC ratio

Herbig Ae/Be star accretion rates and the Hertzsprung Russell diagram

Raman spectroscopy and its reliability in the study of bone quality and composition

Solitons: Propagation of solitary waves through blood

School of Sociology and Social Policy

This dissertation achieved a mark of 84:

Sporting Masculinities: A Comparison of Gramscian and Foucauldian concepts of power.


School of Food Science and Nutrition Hydrolysis of phenolic acid esters by esterase enzymes from Caco-2 cells and rat intestinal tissue Nanostructure of Sorghum Starch Granules as Studied by Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS)
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies Antoinette's construction of the Self in Wide Sargasso Sea Culture Shock: Reexamining the Concept and the W-curve Model of the Adaptation Process through Sojourner Experiences of International Students Us and Them: Exploring Internationalisation and International Postgraduate Student Identity at the University of Leeds An Investigation into Language and Cultural Planning in the Basque Country La Vida Cotidiana del Migrante Ecuatoriano: A glimpse into the lives of Ecuadorian immigrants in Spain and the United States Für immer fremd German Television Advertisements and the "normalization of ethnicity" Cultural Variations of Democracy: 'Thai-Style Democracy' The extent to which Japanese soft power is effective in Japan-China relations.
School of Mathematics Epidemic Modelling Ramsey Theory.