QUThesis

A LaTeX package and template for writing a PhD thesis dissertation at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Introduction

This set of files provides the quthesis LaTeX package, which defines a set of styles and preamble specific to QUT's submission guidelines for writing PhD dissertations, and a thesis skeleton to help you organise your content and get writing fast.

The goal of this package is not to provide magical LaTeX hacks (though it does), but rather to provide a set of sane defaults so you can focus on what's important - your contribution to the literature - whilst being easy to understand should you wish to change any of the styles.

I procrastinated writing this boilerplate so you don't have (an excuse) to.

Features

• The quthesis package declaring a set of sane defaults for thesis dissertations
• A thesis skeleton to help you organise your content and get writing fast
• Chapters included using the subfiles package so they can be compiled independently
• A compile shell script for building the whole document or a single chapter, staging intermediate files in a build directory to keep your working directory clean
• Preconfigured .gitignore files to assist in version control
• Margins and font size optimized for readability
• Minimal definitions and package includes
• Clean internal design, so you can understand what's going on
• Makes a best effort to conform to QUT's style requirements

Getting started

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/hbristow/quthesis
   

2. Build the existing sources

   cd quthesis
   ./compile
   

3. Modify thesis.tex with your details

4. Check out each of the *-*.tex files to see how chapters using subfiles operate

5. Check out manual.pdf and manual.tex for details on the features quthesis provides