An elegant LaTeX template for your thesis and presentation.
Sane typesetting defaults, drop caps and a touch of color make the reading more enjoyable, both on screens and paper:
Ideal for every major:
The simplicity of the accompanying presentation will keep the audience focused:
Find example PDFs inside the example folder.
To use this template, you will need:
- a LaTeX distribution such as MiKTeX (for Windows), MacTeX (for MacOS), or TeXLive (for Linux)
- a LaTeX or code editor, like TeXStudio or VSCodium
- a reference manager like Jabref
maketo start compilation workflows (Windows installation steps)
Once you installed them, clone this repo or extract its .zip archive.
There are two ways to generate PDFs:
- using your editor's "build" features (make sure it is using LuaLaTeX instead of PDFLaTeX)
- running
makefrom the terminal
Here is a list of the most useful make commands that you can run from your terminal:
# generate covers
make cover
# generate thesis
make thesis
# generate presentation
make presentation
# deletes temporary files
make cleanTo understand how to write a thesis document using the template, read USAGE-THESIS.md. If you also need to prepare an accompanying slideshow, read USAGE-PRESENTATION.md
These files can be used to generate thesis.pdf
├── chapters/ # folder for structured document content
│ └── 1.tex # content of first chapter
├── pages/ # folder for single pages, lists, references and variables
│ ├── abstract.tex # brief introduction to the research
│ ├── acknowledgements.tex # people that have professionally helped and supported you
│ ├── acronyms.tex # list of acronyms
│ ├── bibliography.tex # layout of bibliography
│ ├── colophon.tex # notes about typesetting
│ ├── committee.tex # empty page for signatures
│ ├── copyright.tex # simple copyright notice
│ ├── cover-digital.pdf # colorful first and last page of the final document
│ ├── dedication.tex # dedication to someone special
│ ├── lists.tex # layout of content, list of figures, list of tables, etc.
│ ├── placeholder.tex # standard placeholder text
│ └── title.tex # layout of title page
├── pictures/ # folder for pictures and covers
├── masterthesis.cls # layout of the thesis document
├── references.bib # biblatex database of bibliographical references
├── thesis.tex # main structure of the thesis document
└── variables.tex # contains variables such as university, author, title, logo files, etc.These files are used to generate presentation.pdf
├── chapters/ # folder for structured document content
│ └── slides.tex # content of slides
├── beamerthememasterthesis.sty # layout of presentation
├── presentation.tex # main structure of the presentation
├── references.bib # biblatex database of bibliographical references
└── variables.tex # contains variables such as university, author, title, logo Other files and their purpose:
├── examples/ # folder containing example PDF outputs
├── extra/ # folder for files that generate other PDFs
│ ├── cover-digital.tex # layout of cover for digital reading in thesis.pdf
│ ├── part.tex # quickly compile a part of the content
│ ├── cover-printed.tex # layout of front cover for relief printing in a copy shop
│ └── cover-printed-spine.tex # layout of cover spine for relief printing in a copy shop
├── .gitignore # prevents git from saving temporary files
├── .hidden # prevents many linux file managers from showing temporary files
├── LICENSE # license file
├── Makefile # allows to build the thesis via `make` commands
├── README.md # explain objective
├── USAGE-PRESENTATION.md # explain usage of presentation
└── USAGE-THESIS.md # explain usage of thesisList of friends that used this template for their theses:
- Giacomo Coletto (2023), The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Strategic and Operational Decision Making, business administration
- Federico Roncaglia (2023), A Calorimetric Loss Measurement for Switching Power Devices, electronic engineering
- Riccardo Cazzin (2023), Soluzione numerica di equazioni integrali di Fredholm su domini poligonali, mathematics
- Maggye Rizzante (2024), Evoluzione delle tecniche di vendita: un’analisi del modello di business di Goppion Caffè S.p.A. e il confronto tra tentata vendita e copia commissione, business administration