TemplateThesesthesiswriting

PhD Thesis (generic)

A clean university-agnostic PhD thesis on the standard report class with geometry, fancyhdr, hyperref, and natbib, easy to adapt to any institution's rules.

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This workspace is set up as a clean, university-agnostic PhD thesis: title page, abstract, acknowledgments, table of contents, and two starter chapters on the standard report class. Tell me your topic and university and I will adapt the format and start drafting chapters with you.

What’s inside

Starter files

main.tex2.5 KB

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report}

\usepackage[margin=1.1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage[numbers,sort&compress]{natbib}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}

\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[L]{\nouppercase{\leftmark}}
\fancyhead[R]{\thepage}
\setlength{\headheight}{14pt}
\onehalfspacing

\newcommand{\thesistitle}{A Generic PhD Thesis}
\newcommand{\thesisauthor}{Your Name}

\begin{document}

% ---------- Title page ----------
\begin{titlepage}
  \centering
  \vspace*{2cm}
  {\LARGE\bfseries \thesistitle \par}
  \vspace{2cm}
  {\Large \thesisauthor \par}
  \vspace{1cm}
  Department Name \\ University Name
  \vfill
  A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements \\
  for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
  \vspace{1cm}

  \today
\end{titlepage}

% ---------- Frontmatter ----------
\pagenumbering{roman}

\chapter*{Abstract}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract}
Replace this paragraph with the abstract of your thesis: the problem, the
approach, and the principal results, in roughly 300 words.

\chapter*{Acknowledgments}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgments}
Thank the people and funding sources that made the work possible. Replace
this placeholder with your own acknowledgments.

\tableofcontents

% ---------- Main matter ----------
\cleardoublepage
\pagenumbering{arabic}

\chapter{Introduction}

State the problem the thesis addresses, why it matters, and how the
remaining chapters answer it. This template is deliberately plain: the
standard \texttt{report} class with sensible margins, one-and-a-half line
spacing, running headers, and natbib citations, so it adapts to most
universities' requirements.

Citations use natbib with bibtex~\cite{shannon1948}. A display equation:
\begin{equation}
  H(X) = -\sum_{i} p_i \log_2 p_i .
\end{equation}

\chapter{Method}

A small table set with booktabs:

\begin{table}[ht]
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{lrr}
    \toprule
    Condition & $n$ & Accuracy \\
    \midrule
    Baseline & 120 & 0.81 \\
    Proposed & 120 & 0.93 \\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabular}
  \caption{Summary of experimental results.}
  \label{tab:results}
\end{table}

To continue, replace these chapters with your own material, or ask the agent
in the chat alongside this document to draft chapters, adapt the format to
your university's rules, or typeset your notes.

% ---------- Bibliography ----------
\bibliographystyle{plainnat}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography}
\bibliography{references}

\end{document}

Libraries and docs

references.bib218 B

@article{shannon1948,
  author  = {Shannon, Claude E.},
  title   = {A Mathematical Theory of Communication},
  journal = {Bell System Technical Journal},
  volume  = {27},
  pages   = {379--423},
  year    = {1948}
}

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