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The MIT thesis template in LaTeX

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The current MIT thesis template was developed in 2023, using up-to-date LaTeX coding, to meet the current formatting requirements of the MIT Libraries. The title and abstract pages are automatically laid out from information provided by the user. This template includes options to use a variety of fonts, and it is compatible with either pdfTeX or unicode engines such as luaLaTeX. When using LaTeX formats dated November 2022 or later, the resulting pdf file meets the PDF/A-2b archivability standard. A standard TeX Live installation includes all other packages required by the template.

• Download The most current LaTeX files for this template are distributed through the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN): https://ctan.org/pkg/mitthesis
• Documentation Documentation for the template in pdf format Documentation: here . -->
• Gallery of fonts Sample theses in the font sets defined by the template. Gallery of fonts: here . -->
• Sample title pages Sample title pages for various combinations of authors and degrees. Sample title pages: are here . -->
• Overleaf The template is also in Overleaf.com's template gallery. Overleaf.com: , here .--> Learn more about Overleaf at MIT .

This template was written by John Lienhard at the request of the MIT Libraries.

Specifications for MIT theses

The formatting requirements for MIT theses are set by the MIT Libraries, as described at this url: http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/thesis-specs/ . Questions regarding these specifications should be directed to [email protected] .

The original LaTeX 2.09 template was written by Stephen Gildea in the late 1980s (also in CTAN, here ). That template was edited by many later students, leading to the files archived here.

LaTeX has changed greatly since the original MIT thesis template was written. LaTeX 2.09 was replaced by LaTeX2e in 1994. New engines were developed, particularly pdfTeX during the 1990s and Unicode-aware engines in the decades that followed. Many packages and fonts were developed to accompany the original platform, particularly after 2000; and major updates to the LaTeX kernel began in 2018. Over the years, the MIT Libraries have changed the required format several times, especially as electronic thesis submission has become the norm. The original template served MIT well; but by the early 2020s, it was substantially out of date. That situation motivated the creation of this new template.

An academic thesis, also known as a dissertation, is a substantial work produced by a graduate student to communicate their research and earn a degree. A thesis will typically include a review of the current state of research in the field of study followed by a central hypothesis to be investigated. The bulk of the thesis will then focus on the methods and results of the research performed, followed by a discussion on how the results add to the field in general. Theses are long, highly structured and include a lot of advanced document elements.

This template is designed for writing books and graduate-level theses and provides numerous examples and documentation to enable complex requirements. The design features a relatively narrow main text column with an adjacent wide margin to house notes, figures, tables, citations and captions.

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Masters/Doctoral Thesis

This template provides a full framework for writing a graduate level thesis. It is carefully structured and separated into multiple parts for easy editing. Included are the following pages/sections: a cover page, declaration of authorship, quotation, abstract, acknowledgements, contents page(s), list of figures, list of tables, abbreviations, physical constants, symbols, dedication, example chapter, example appendix and bibliography.

Classicthesis Typographic Thesis

This template has been designed as a homage to the Elements of Typographic Style. As such, it has an air of efficiency and optimal design. It is suitable for any high-level degree thesis such as for a PhD, Masters or Honors. Sections within the thesis are clearly separated in a consistent way, as are sections within each chapter. The default structure of the thesis proceeds in the following order: title page, dedication, abstract, publications, acknowledgements, contents, list of tables/figures/listings, acronyms, content chapters, appendices, bibliography, colophon and declaration.

Maggi Memoir Thesis

This template uses the memoir document class to beautifully typeset a thesis. It is suitable for any high-level degree thesis such as for a PhD, Masters or Honors. The layout of the content is in a thin format to promote easy reading and the template features advanced specification of margins and trimming. The thesis boasts a professional look which is immediately obvious from the title page itself and carries through the design of the rest of the document. Three custom fonts are used in the template to match the design and beautifully display your content.

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The following thesis format templates should help you get started with formatting your thesis or dissertation. Georgia Tech provides free Overleaf Professional accounts for all students, faculty, and staff who would like to use the collaborative, online LaTeX editor for their projects.

• LaTeX Template (.zip) - updated May 2020
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• Word Thesis Template (.docx) - updated August 2016
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• Set the Quick Build command configuration to: “PdfLaTeX + Bib(la)tex) + PdfLaTeX (x2) + View Pdf”.
• Use the Quick Build command to compile and view your .pdf file.
• If you decide to use a “build” subdirectory for output files, you must point BibTeX to the proper subdirectory.

LaTeX is a powerful text processing and formatting tool that produces clean, consistent results. This high-quality typesetting system is a free service provided by Georgia Tech. It is available on many platforms and can be used with the editor of your choice. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents.

Although Graduate Education does not offer direct technical support, Tech does provide help via campus partners such as the Library and Overleaf (online LaTeX editor). Please check the Library events page for courses on LaTex, or contact Overleaf directly.

Many students have also found useful tips for dealing with specific problems by entering keywords such as "LaTeX formatting table captions" in their favorite search engines.

Most Common LaTeX to PDF Problem

The most common problem we see with Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETDs) created in LaTeX is the altering of the page size, particularly an increase of the bottom margin to more than one inch, and sometimes an accompanying decrease in the top and/or right margins to less than the requisite one inch. Less frequently, there will also be problems with figures disappearing or changing appearance. The sizing error may be introduced inadvertently during the conversion from .dvi to .pdf or .ps when the program doing the converting defaults to the A4 European page size. Always check your PDF file after conversion, even if your source file looked perfect.

The following fixes have been found by your fellow Tech graduate students and passed along to the Graduate Thesis Office. We hope they help you:

• First, before converting the .tex file to .dvi, make sure the class header file in your .tex file says something like "\documentclass[12pt, letter]{article}".
• If you are converting the resulting .dvi file to a .ps file, be sure the dvips options specify "-P pdf -t letter".
• When you are converting to .pdf from either the .dvi file directly or from a .ps file, locate the C:\texmf\dvipdfm\config\config\ or analogous folder for PDFs in your system. Replace the line "p a4" with "p letter".

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• Click here to open the template in Overleaf .
• In Overleaf, click on the Menu button in the top left corner.
• Then either download the source or copy the project into your own Overleaf.
• Make sure to fill in your data in the lines 38–43 in the main.tex file to update the cover page.
• If you write a PhD thesis, uncomment line 6 in the main.tex file.
• The template also works with the local TexpadTeX typesetter in Texifier . However, for the index to be rendered correctly, you need to change the typeset configuration to use gloassaries instead of imakeidx for the index runs. You need to temporarily disable Auto-Sense to change this setting.
• If your thesis does not contain a table, comment line 58 in the main.tex file.

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• Eine TeX / LaTeX Vorlage für wissenschaftliche Bachelorarbeiten, Masterarbeiten, Diplomarbeiten, Seminararbeiten und Dissertationen könnt ihr unter dem untenstehenden Link herunterladen.
• You can download the i10 TeX / LaTeX Template for master's / bachelor's theses, dissertations, and seminar papers below.
• Please read the README file in the template folder.

Note: The cover page in the template is provided as an editable PDF - please use a third party tool (e.g., Inkscape, Illustrator) to edit that page.

Please report any problems you might encounter while using the template to Oliver Nowak . Internal Info Also available are:

• A bundle for TextMate containing the most important commands from the template (this will also work with Sublime Text 2: copy and rename the Snippets folder to the Sublime Packages folder)
• A color palette for the Mac ColorPicker
• A template for a nice hardcover if your thesis is printed by Comouth

Info: The font used in the template should be Zapf's final digital version of his Palatino Typeface which is sold by Linotype. Depending on your operating system and TeX distro you might end up using either URW's Palladio font or the Book Antigua typeface which ships with MS Office. These fonts look similar enough so you should not need to worry about that (from an ethic point of view you may want to read up on the history of Palatino, though). If you want to include text in external media such as graphics or imported tables and your OS can only handle TrueType fonts, you can find the free Palladio typeface files in the source bundle of Ghostscript .

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by Jonathan Diehl The following combination of software will allow you to navigate from your LaTeX source to the PDF and back:

• Install MacTeX
• Install Sublime Text 2
• Install Sublime Text 2 command line tool: ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl If this does not work try: ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/.rvm/bin/subl
• Install Sublime Package Control
• Install LaTeX Packages from Sublime Text: CMD-SHIFT-P, "Package Control: Install Package" -> LaTeXTools )
• Install Skim
• Link Skim to Sublime Text 2: Skim Preferences, Sync, PDF-TeX support, Command: subl, Arguments: "%file":%line
• From Sublime Text 2 preferences, select "Settings - Default", and set "spell_check": true,

When building TeX from Sublime Text 2 (CMD-B), Skim will jump to and show your cursor position in the TeX document. When CMD-SHIFT-clicking a character in the PDF in Skim, Sublime Text 2 will jump to that position. If the autocompletion in Sublime Text 2 does not work (for the references and citations), save all thesis files again using UTF-8 encoding.

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dalthesis.cls LaTeX Template for Theses at the Dalhousie University

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Download Files Table of Contents 1. Introduction      1.1 FGS Regulations      1.2 PDF/A Format      1.3 Overview of Main Commands      1.4 Caveats      1.5 Current Issues      1.6 Other Similar Templates 2. Package dalthesis 3. Examples of Parts to a Thesis      3.1 Front Pages      3.2 Figures      3.3 Tables      3.4 Algorithms      3.5 Theorems      3.6 Glossary (List of Abbreviations and Symbols Used) 4. Administrative Notes      4.1 About      4.2 Acknowledgements      4.3 Update History (ChangeLog)      4.4 Previous Saved Versions of dalthesis (and dalcsthesis) Last Update Information and the End

^ 1. Introduction

^ 1.1 fgs regulations.

The final thesis format is approved by the Faculty of Graduate Studies office. Although this format is regularly maintained in an effort to keep it up to date with the prescribed FGS guidelines, it is possible that some additional corrections will be required. The students are responsible for ensuring that their final thesis conforms to the FGS regulations, especially since LaTeX allows authors to override many aspects of the template within their own text. Hence, make sure that you have your thesis format checked by FGS before trying to submit the final copy of your thesis. This evaluation takes two business days (last time we checked).

With this template, we try to provide an example of something that FGS should accept. Students are welcome to make their thesis look as they want, whether by using their own template or by modifying this one, but always have your thesis format checked by FGS before trying to submit the final copy of your thesis. If you notice that this template does not follow one of the latest FGS rules, please let us know by sending email to: [email protected]

^ 1.2 PDF/A Format

^ 1.3 overview of main commands.

The LaTeX template for theses at the Dalhousie University is based on version 2.9 of the CS template, which was based on version 2.2 of the template for theses in Mathematics. The math template was developed by Clyde Clements and Steven Matheson. The basic usage of this template is similar to the Math one. Some features may not be documented here, so you can also see instructions of the Math template at www.mscs.dal.ca/~clyde/dalthesis or the basic simple.tex starter file to get started and for the regular bells and whistles.

Declare your supervisor with a \supervisor{} statement and each reader with a \reader{} statement. If you have co-supervisors, declare each of them with a separate \supervisor{} statement and the template will designate them as co-supervisors.

The basic template allows you to not print out the front pages if you include a \nofront command in your file. You can omit specific parts with the following commands: \notitlepage, \nosignaturepage, \nopermissionpage \nodedicationpage, \notableofcontents, \nolistoftables, \nolistoffigures, or \nobib. You can also declare a "draft" version of the thesis with the \draft command.

You can browse the file dalthesis.cls to find all degree tags. For example, the following ones are relevant to the Faculty of Computer Science:

• \bcshon — Bachelor of Computer Science Honours thesis
• \bcshoncoop — Bachelor of Computer Science Honours thesis (with co-op)
• \macs — Master of Applied Computer Science project report
• \mcs — Master of Computer Science thesis
• \mec — Master of Electronic Commerce thesis
• \mhi — Master of Health Informatics thesis
• \phd — Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Use one of these designations before your \frontmatter call and it will define the appropriate abbreviations for your thesis.

A thesis file may rely on some additional style files. All of them are typically available on a system with installed LaTeX, but if a required style file is not available, you can place their copies in the directory with your thesis.

The basic files needed are:

• dalthesis.cls -- thesis class file
• afterpage.sty
• glossary.sty

Simple.tex ( pdf , ps ) is a sample basic thesis, which may be a good start file to write a thesis. To process it, you also need its bibliography file simple.bib . All these files are available in the directory example-simple.

The rest of this page provides information on including different features in your thesis like a glossary, tables, or figures. They are presented as changes to simple.tex. Taking a UNIX "diff" between simple.tex and the example will show you the items that change to use the given feature.

^ 1.4 Caveats

Page margins.

• You selected the wrong paper size when you converted the dvi file to postscript (use the correct option for dvips).
• You generated a PDF file and then, as you printed from Adobe Acrobat, you had the "fit to page" option selected, which decreases the printed text by 93%. (unselect the "fit to page" option before printing)

The easiest way to tell if your margins are correct after printing is to measure where the page number appears at the bottom of a page. The template is designed to print it between 0.5 inches and 0.75 inches from the bottom of the page. If the margin is bigger than that then your method of printing the dvi file has shrunk the margins.

^ 1.5 Current Issues

Although an effort is made to keep the template in accordance with the latest FGS regulations, it happens that a thesis using the template does not conform to some requirements. We greatly appreciate any reports about the corrections, and our first step is to list such issues in this subsection. Additionally, we report here any other reported problems.

^ 1.6 Other Similar Templates

^ 2. package dalthesis.

dalthesis.cls , MANIFEST , thesis.tex , thesis.bib , thesis.pdf , index.html , styles.css , afterpage.sty , glossary.sty , example-simple/thesis.tex , example-simple/thesis.bib , example-simple/thesis.pdf , example-simple/Makefile , example-simple/dalthesis.cls , example-glossary/glossary.sty , example-glossary/glossary.tex , example-glossary/glossary.pdf , example-glossary/Makefile , example-glossary/simple.bib ,

^ 3. Examples of Parts to a Thesis

^ 3.1 front pages, ^ 3.2 figures.

This example uses two sub-packages: graphicx and subfigure. graphicx is a standard package that gives you everything you need for figures. The subfigure package is used here to place more than one picture (each with their own caption) within one figure.

• figures.tex ( pdf )— latex file that uses figures
• samplefig.eps — EPS figure to include in the example
• samplefig.pdf — PDF figure to include in the example
• graphicx.sty — style file for graphics (you shouldn't need to install this on any system)
• subfigure.sty — style file for subfigures (Installed on the UNIX system, you may need it for your own system)

Diff with "simple.tex" (< means a line was removed, > means that a line was added):

^ 3.3 Tables

Tables have native support in LaTeX. This one uses a tabular inner environment to give a pretty layout to the data.

• tables.tex ( pdf )— latex file that uses tables

^ 3.4 Algorithms

This example uses two sub-packages: algorithm and algorithmic. There are other algorithm packages that exist that you might consider too. The algorithms don't appear in any table of contents unless you enclose them in a figure environment.

• algorithm.tex ( pdf ) — latex file with an algorithm
• algorithm.sty — May need to install on your own system or the UNIX system.
• algorithmic.sty — May need to install on your own system or the UNIX system.

^ 3.5 Theorems

The example theorems.tex ( pdf ) illustrates how we can write definitions, theorems, proofs, and other similar parts in LaTeX.

• theorems.tex ( pdf ) — latex file with a theorem

For proofs and proof sketches you can also use the style package written by Norbert Zeh, nzproof.sty . The package requires the following other style files: amsmath.sty, amssymb.sty, amsfonts.sty, and ifthen.sty, which are likely already installed on the system. This example shows how nzproof style file can be used. Thanks to Norbert Zeh for providing the style file and the sample LaTeX source.

• nzproof.tex ( pdf ) — sample LaTeX file

^ 3.6 Glossary (List of Abbreviations and Symbols Used)

Previous glossary usage.

• glossary.tex ( pdf ) — LaTeX file with a glossary
• glossary.sty — the glossary style file; it may be already installed on the system.
• simple.bib — the bibliography file

The following is the diff output between "simple.tex" and "glossary.tex", showing all changes (< means a line was removed, > means that a line was added):

^ 4. Administrative Notes

Related links, ^ 4.1 about, ^ 4.2 acknowledgements.

The dalthesis template arose out of the efforts of many people. Particular thanks go to the following contributors:

• Clyde Clements and Steven Matheson for providing the base Math template from which the CS template arose,
• Mike McAllister for the main work on adaptation of the Computer Science template, integration of the updates below, and producing this web page, and examples.
• Todd Eavis, Andrew Rau-Chaplin, Billy Biggs, Srini Sampalli, and Stuart MacAskill for providing examples of how they adjusted the math template to adapt to the FGS regulations as they were getting their theses approved. In particular, Todd provided the foundation, algorithm, and figures of the bigger thesisExample sample thesis.
• Norbert Zeh for looking over the finishing touches of the template and for providing a proof environment.
• Vlado Keselj for some major latex hacking to address the FGS requirements that will go unnoticed by most non-FGS people but that are some of the trickier details to integrate simply and seamlessly in the class file.
• Mike Smit for providing additional corrections from FGS.
• Li Lei for providing corrections.
• Sajjad Hussain for providing corrections.

^ 4.3 Update History (ChangeLog)

• 2023-Mar-2 -- VK: documentation improvements - glossary
• 2022-Nov-14 -- VK: documentation improvements (glossary): documenting the use of newer package glossaries as recommended by Overleaf.
• Fixed the way list of tables and figure appear in the table of contents.
• 2015-Aug-19 -- VK: documentation improvements (glossary)
• Minor update on the title page, based on FGS feedback
• Provided detailed instructions for how to produce these in PDF/A format
• 2014-Aug-07 -- VK: documentation improvements
• 2013-Oct-01 -- VK: glossary files added (fixing)
• 2012-Nov-13 -- Vlado Keselj: dalthesis.cls created from dalcsthesis.cls; documentation improvements;
• 2012-Jun-14 -- VK: documentation improvements
• 2012-Jun-01 -- VK: documentation improvements
• 2011-Apr-05 -- VK: documentation improvements (figures)
• 2011-Jan-21 -- VK: front page updates, fixing spacing
• 2010-Jan-05 -- VK: minor documentation updates
• 2005-Apr-06 -- Added the "random information" section to document that the thesis must still be reviewed by FGS and that the abstract has a limited size.
• 2005-Mar-29 -- Added information about paper margins and on not printing some parts of the text.
• 2005-Mar-22 -- Added a note about how to have co-supervisors.
• 2005-Mar-17 -- Indicate that the template passes the requirements of FGS. Updated the list of files required by nzproof.sty too.
• 2005-Feb-25 -- Made the distinction between \submitdate{} (title page) and \defencedate{} (signature pages) since the latter requires a full date while the former only asks for the month and year. If you have a thesis that uses a prior version of the template, you will need to add a \defencedate{} clause with the new thesis template!
• 2005-Feb-25 -- Added in a disclaimer and indicated that students are welcome to submit whatever thesis format FGS will accept; this template is just a suggestion. Reformatted the acknowledgements section.
• 2005-Feb-24 -- new thesis class file again and glossary example. Vlado made the glossary into an option of the thesis class so that we can modify its line spacing to what FGS wants. Way to go Vlado!
• 2005-Feb-23 -- new thesis class file uploaded with some margin and font size fixes. The index was also removed from examples since grad studies doesn't want an index.

^ 4.4 Previous Saved Versions of dalthesis (and dalcsthesis)

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Latex template for scientific theses.

This template is a general template for scientific theses.

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LaTeX Template Bachelor Thesis

The template file TUW-BUI-Bachelorarbeit-2022.tex uses the document class BachelorBUI.cls, which is based on the KOMA script class scrartcl. For simplicity, save the document class file BachelorBUI.cls and your LaTeX file in the same folder . You can find additional information about the used and other useful packages in the book " LaTeX, Excel, Word ⎻ Werkzeuge für den ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Hochschul-Einsatz ".

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LaTeX Template for diploma thesis and PhD thesis

The template file TUW-BUI-Vorlage-DA-Diss-2022.tex uses the style file TUWBIDADISS.sty and the KOMA script class scrreprt. For simplicity, save all files in the same folder . You can find additional information about the used and other useful packages in the book " LaTeX, Excel, Word ⎻ Werkzeuge für den ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Hochschul-Einsatz ".

In this version, you use the same files for a diploma thesis as well as for a PhD thesis. At the beginning of the template file you choose the thesistype and the language of your work. The thesistitle is given in the language of your work.

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Examples of simple beautiful PhD theses

Please share the simplest, most beautiful PhD / master's theses you've ever seen. Looking for ideas for layout (medicine). Source code appreciated.

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• 2 Should this be community-wiki? –  Sean Allred Commented Mar 8, 2014 at 3:11
• 4 You can find some theses between answers to Showcase of beautiful ... –  Ignasi Commented Mar 8, 2014 at 6:58
• 6 IMHO beauty is in the eye of the beholder. :) I strongly believe this question would be better off merged in the showcase thread indicated by Ignasi than standing as a question on its own. Note that many universities have strict policies on how a thesis should look, so at the end of the day you are stuck with their requirements. –  Paulo Cereda Commented Mar 8, 2014 at 11:56

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Aaron Turon created a beautiful thesis . His colophon:

This document was typeset using LATEX, with a mixture of classicthesis developed by André Miede and tufte-latex, which is based on Edward Tufte’s Beautiful Evidence. The bibliography was processed by Biblatex. Robert Slimbach’s Minion Pro acts as both the text and display type-face. Sans-serif text is typeset in Slimbach and Carol Twombly’s Myriad Pro; monospaced text uses Jim Lyles’s Bitstream Vera Mono (“Bera Mono”). Donald Knuth’s Computer Modern is used throughout, but I’m not saying where.

• 24 It would be nice to have the sources. –  Heiko Oberdiek Commented Sep 29, 2015 at 19:55
• 1 Is the .tex file anywhere? –  Damian Commented Nov 6, 2017 at 23:20
• I wrote him an email asking for it, but did not get an answer. Thus, I tried to rebuild his thesis template for my own and will make it available, once I finished writing (hopefully soonish). –  asante Commented Jul 24, 2019 at 17:38
• 2 @burningfuses I'm not finished with writing my thesis, but an (almost finished) draft is available here: github.com/pfasante/phd_thesis -- disclaimer: the template is most certainly not well written and can use some improvements, but I'm not experienced with writing latex packages at all. So I'm happy about all feedback. –  asante Commented Aug 7, 2019 at 17:11
• 1 @asante Thanks a lot! I'll try to fix any problems I might encounter. –  burningfuses Commented Aug 8, 2019 at 18:09

The Maggi Memoir Thesis Template is very nice, originally by Federico Maggi. It is a double sided, thin layout that includes index, acronyms, and custom picked fonts.

There seem to be relatively few truly beautiful templates for theses out there, probably because the formatting requirements that most are created to follow simply weren't designed with good looks in mind. I know that was true of my school's requirements. Many are simply Word templates that have been transitioned to LaTeX.

Maggi Memoir Thesis Title Page:

• is maggi memori thesis for book printing? if so what size book could be printed based on the template? –  Strangelove Commented Dec 30, 2014 at 17:04

Just to add to cslstr 's answer, you might want to take a look to the other templates found on LaTeX Templates (besides the Maggi Memoir Thesis Template).

Other good resources with ready-made templates include:

• ShareLaTeX , which has a "mixed bag" of templates.
• Thesis-Template , which has various templates from Universities worldwide.
• UK-TUG , which has templates from some UK Universities.

A lot of contributions can also be found on CTAN .

I agree that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder", so probably you should pick one you like by yourself. Besides, as it has been mentioned, at the end of the day you'll have to abide to your University's standard.

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Template for a Masters or Doctoral Thesis

This LaTeX template is used by many universities as the basis for thesis and dissertation submissions, and is a great way to get started if you haven't been provided with a specific version from your department.

This version of the template is provided by Vel at LaTeXTemplates.com , and is already loaded in Overleaf so you can start writing immediately.

Checkout this short video to see how to easily create and edit new chapters as your thesis develops.

Please read the unofficial quick guide to the template; it contains some tips and suggestions on how to modify certain things.

(Updated 27/08/17)

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