How to write an english abstract (The essential step for becoming an international scholar)

Today abstracts are used in a wide number of situations. Every phase of an academic career, from graduate school to Nobel Prize, requires an abstract. In other words, the English abstract is essential for becoming an international scholar.

In recent years the abstract has become more than a summary of the contents of a thesis or an article; the significance of the research, the scholarly discoveries and the research methodology have become the focus, while there has been a trend for the abstract itself to become shorter (100-250 words in length).

The 'abstract' has also become an important chance to promote the graduate student or researcher, as well as an indispensable opportunity to make clear the special character of one's own research. In addition, by up-loading an abstract written in English onto a website, scholars internationally will find it using search engines like Google and Yahoo, and the fruits of your research will become accessible to the global academic community.

MAIN AUDIENCE: PhD Students at the UCM.

TAUGHT BY: Prof. William Coaldrake and Prof. Pilar Cabañas

DURATION: 4 hour.