This repository contains LaTex templates for writing a Bachelor's or Master's thesis in the corporate design format of the University of Stuttgart.
Overleaf users: Download this Github repo as zip file and upload the whole folder as a new project in Overleaf
For a local compiler (RECOMMENDED!): Download this Github fork or clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/Ecohydraulics/latex-thesis-template
Make sure to back-up your thesis on a remote copy of this repository in your GitHub or GitLab (or whatever Git-platform) account. New to Git? Check out our tutorial: https://hydro-informatics.com/get-started/git.html.
To edit the source files locally on Windows use the following software:
TexStudio will use Miktex to compile a pdf file of the tex files.
To compile the template, open myThesis.txss2 in TexStudio and press F5. If you get compilation errors related to missing packages, the reason is probably a wrong setup of Miktex (e.g., installed as admin, or no on-the-fly package installation enabled). Note that myThesis.txss2 points to myThesis.tex, the root document of the thesis template, which includes the other TEX files (introduction.tex, state-of-the-art.tex, methods.tex, results.tex, discussion.tex, and conclusions.tex). We recommend to not modify this root structure and only work in the introduction.tex, state-of-the-art.tex, methods.tex, results.tex, discussion.tex, and conclusions.tex files.
Note: This template uses a customized class called
thesis.cls, which provides thethesisclass. Thethesisclass inherits from the nativereportclass. Feel free to extend this class file by your specific needs, for instance, by defining new commands or adding other packages (\RequirePackage{<pkg-name>}).
Uni Stuttgart students: Please take the time to also read our guidelines on how to write a Bachelor's or Master's thesis with us. These files are stored in the sub-folder how-to-write-a-thesis.
An example for a table is provided in state-of-the-art.tex.
Figures should be stored in the images subfolder. Note that images with many different pixels should be in JPG format. Graphs with a lot of white background should be stored in PNG format, with an alpha-layer for white. For image manipulation, we recommend Gimp.
We recommend working with a citation/reference manager. For the domain of hydraulic engineering, you may want to work with our hydro-informatics.com zotero library: https://www.zotero.org/groups/4917569/hydro-informatics/library. This library, located in hydro-informatics.bib, will occasionally be updated in this repository.
In Zotero, bibrefs can be created using the Better Bibtex Addon (see their docs). The plugin can be installed within Zotero. For citation keys, we recommend to use the following preferences in the Better BibTex preferences (Zotero > Edit > Settings > Better BibTex > Citation keys box):
auth.lower + year + shorttitle(1,1).lower
- By using this template one is not exempted from checking for mistakes or adapting other preferences. Please use spell-checkers!
- The owner of this repository does not hold legal responsibility for its implementation. However, improvements and constructive feedback is very welcome. :)
- Check the license and disclaimer for more information.
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