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PhD or HDR thesis latex template files

This page provides a Latex template, and its style and bibligoraphy files, for use in writing you PhD or research direction habilitation (HDR diploma in France) manuscripts. I orginially used this template for my PhD and recently updated it for writing my HDR. Before that, I had been looking for such templates but finally decided to make mine, using as an inspiration many web sites that proposed parts of what I wanted.

I have two versions of the template, each corresponding to a specific language. Here are those two versions (last updated on July 22, 2019):

• English version of the template
• Version française du template

The second file contains a few specificities for French (modifying styles and some packages including algorithmic thanks to Céline Fouard ). Among other things, the template features the following characteristics:

• Made for A4 paper
• Chapters and different sections always start on the page on the right
• Acknowledgment section included in main file
• Acronyms are handled by the acronyms package and are to be defined in an Acronyms.tex file
• A title page that fits the used-to-be-in-2007 style required for University of Nice (but that gives an example)
• Links in the pdf file and bookmarks (hyperref package)
• Backward links in the bibliography section going to where the references were cited
• Some environments and commands that were useful for me (vertically centered page, partial derivatives, argmin, bullet list, etc.)
• Summary of the thesis at the end of the thesis (usually required in France)
• Use of minitoc (table of contents for each chapter)
• A bibtex style file modified a little from alpha style (references appear as [Commowick, 2007] which is much easier than numbers for the reader). References with more than two authors appear as [Commowick et al, 2007] and as [AuhtorA & AuthorB, 2007] when there are two authors. An old style file (ThesisStyle.bst) displays only the first last name with many authors).
• And other things I forgot that you may discover in the formatAndDefs.tex file if you want to have a look.

Each zip file includes several tex files that constitute an example of a PhD, showing what you can expect from the template. If you want to have a look at what a real thesis can look like with this template, see my PhD thesis or my HDR thesis . Other files are (English version, but the French ones are pretty obvious translations of those):

• Manuscript.tex: Main file, including the chapters, abbreviation list and the acknowledgment section.
• Acronyms.tex: Example of an acronyms defintion file
• Chapter1.tex: Example of a chapter
• Appendix1.tex: Example of an appendix chapter
• Thesis.bib: references file
• ThesisStyle.cls: Main style file, largely inspired from book style file
• formatAndDefs.tex: Most important: Definition of commands, fancy headers, pdf options and various environments
• ThesisStyle.bst or ThesisStyleWithEtAl.bst: Bibtex style files producing references either as [Commowick, 2007] or as [Commowick et al, 2007], uses names (much more readable and still relatively short), customized either for french or english.
• TitlePage.tex: Title page, fits the used-to-be-in-2007 style required for University of Nice. This will be a good start for others.

A reminder: I do not guarantee that it will work on every computer with every configuration (it has been used successfully on linux and Mac OS X). It works well with Sublime Text with LatexTools installed for compilation, with an existing installation of Latex of course. Feel free to use, modify or distribute these templates for whatever you want. If you want to acknowledge, do not hesitate to put the link to this website somewhere in your thesis or on your website. If you do not want to acknowledge, no problem do whatever you want.

Frequently asked questions

I have had quite a lot of feedback on this template, and actually it is now generating half of the traffic to this website. I'm really amazed. So because of this high number of visits, I have had some questions and requests for improvements. Therefore, here is now the answers to questions section:

If you did not find your answer in this, or encounter any problem (file missing, compilation not working, idea of something to add), feel free to ask me by email (see my contact page ).

University of Fribourg

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Thesis templates

The following LaTeX templates can be used for your report:

In order to use the LaTeX template: 

• Edit the  main.tex  file
• Indiviual chapters go into chapters/chaperXX.tex
• Appendix files go into appendix/my_appendix.tex
• Add these files to the main.tex
• Compile everything with  latexmk -pvc -pdf main.tex
• You can compile your latex document either with  latex  or  pdflatex .
• compile_report.sh  or  pdf_ compile_report.sh  on Linux.
• compile_report.bat  or  pdf_compile_report.bat  on Windows.
• All the source files have to be encoded in the UTF-8 standard, allowing special characters to be recognized seamlessly by both Windows and Linux systems.

Microsoft Word

The following Microsoft Word template can also be used for your report:

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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

3 Answers 3

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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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 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.

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Latex template for the Korea National University of Transportation (KNUT) thesis

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This is the unofficial template for the Korea National University of Transportation (KNUT) thesis.

File Structures and Contents

Each of the files and directories in the template as described as below:

• manuscript.tex : It contains the main tex code including the imports, variables, and combining the abstract and all the pages
• frontmatter : The dimensions of the front cover pages are different from those of the rest of the thesis, so there is a separate Tex file, frontmatter.tex . First, you need to update this text file and generate the PDF file in the same directory for direct usage in the main thesis file.
• titlePages : This directory contains the rest of the title pages, and as the dimensions of these pages as the same as the main thesis, there is no need to generate the pdf, these files are directly imported in the main thesis file
• abstract : This directory contains the abstract of the thesis both in English and Korean
• chapters : This directory contains the individual chapters in the thesis. These chapters are then imported and compiled in the main manuscript.tex file
• figures : This directory contains all the necessary graphics and figures used in the thesis.
• references.bib : This file contains all the citations used in the thesis

Download the repository as a zip file and import it in Overleaf for updating the latex text in Overleaf.

• first update the title.tex and title2.text , to update the contents of the front cover pages, and then compile the frontmatter.tex to generate the frontmatter.pdf pdf, save it in the same directory, as this file is directly imported in the main text file
• update the titlePages and the rest of the contents in the chapters and abstract
• save all the figures in the figures directory
• put all your citations in the references.bib file
• compile the manuscript.tex , your thesis is ready to be print
• all the fonts used in this thesis are the default ones, for better results and to match with the university template, change the fonts and their sizes accordingly

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USTHB-Thesis

A thesis template adapted for Algeria university's requirements (specially USTHB). The thesis divided into three main parts are:

• Front matter: This part contains:
• Title Page, Dedication, Acknowledgement, Abstract ( French, Arabic, and English), Table of Contents. (Without page numbering)
• List of Figures, Tables, Algorithms and Nomenclature.(Page numbering is Roman)
• Main matter: All the chapters of the thesis and the bibliography are included here, the page numbering Arabic was used in this part
• Back matter: The appendices are included here, the page numbering alphabetic was used in this part.

This template has also the following properties:

• Automatic generation of Nomenclature and its divided into Roman, Greek, Mathematical symbols and Abbreviations.
• The main Language is French, but it's easy to switch to English
• Files management is easy and clear
• The most used packages are included in the Preamble
• The title page has been updated according to USTHB requirements

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