phd-thesis-template

A PhD thesis LaTeX template for Cambridge University, based on Krishna Kumar's King's latex course, CUED V1.1 Template by H. Banderi, and Cambridge Computer Laboratory Template.

Build your thesis

The template supports PDF, DVI and PS formats. All three formats can be generated with the provided Makefile.

To build the PDF version of your thesis, run:

make

or

./makepdf

This build procedure uses pdflatex and will produce thesis.pdf.

To produce DVI and PS versions of your document, you should run:

./makeps

or

make BUILD_STRATEGY=latex

This will use the latex command to build the document and will produce thesis.dvi, thesis.ps and thesis.pdf documents.

Clean unwanted files

To clean unwanted clutter (all LaTeX auto-generated files), run:

make clean

Note: the Makefile itself is take from and maintained at here.

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Usage details

Class Options

PhDThesisPSnPDF supports all the options of the standard book and report classes (on which it is based).

It also supports some custom options:

• book or report: Supports both book and report class. Default is book.

• twoside or oneside: This is especially useful for printing double side (twoside) or single side.

• print: Supports Print and Online Version with different page margins and hyperlink styles. Use print in the options to activate Print Version with appropriate margins and page layout and view styles. Leaving the options field blank will activate Online version.

• index: Including this option in \documentclass build the index, which you can put at the and of the thesis.

  Instructions on how to use the index can be found here.

  Note: the package makeidx is used to create the index.

Choosing the Fonts:

PhDThesisPSnPDF currently supports two fonts Times and Latin Modern (default).

• times: Specifying times option in the document class will use mathptpx or Times font with Math Support.

• default (empty): When no font is specified, Latin Modern is used as the default font with Math Support. The default font is set in preamble with the following condition ifFontNotSet is True then default is set as Latin Modern. User can change this default font in the preamble.

Custom Settings

• The depth of table of contents can be set using: \setcounter{secnumdepth}{3} \setcounter{tocdepth}{3} a depth of [3] indicates to a level of \subsubsection or #.#.#.#. Default set as 2.

• To hide sections from appearing in TOC use: \tochide\section{Section name} in your TeX files

• To restrict the length of the figure caption in List of figures use in preamble.tex: \caption[Caption that you want to appear in TOC]{Actual caption of the figure} \section[short]{title}

• Define custom caption style for figure and table caption in preamble.tex using: \RequirePackage[small,bf,figurename=Fig.,labelsep=space,tableposition=top]{caption}

• Bibliography with Author-Year Citation in preamble.tex: \RequirePackage[round, sort, numbers, authoryear]{natbib}

• You can change the Title of Nomenclature to Notations or Symbols in the preamble.tex using: \renewcommand\nomname{Symbols}

Nomenclature Definition

• To use nomenclature in your chapters: \nomenclature[g-pi]{$\pi$}{ $\simeq 3.14\ldots$} The sort keys have prefix. In this case a prefix of g is used to denote Greek Symbols, followed by -pi or -sort_key. Use a - to separate sort key from the prefixes. The standard prefixes defined in this class are:

• A or a: Roman Symbols

• G or g: Greek Symbols

• Z or z: Acronyms/Abbreviations

• R or r: Superscripts

• S or s: Subscripts

• X or x: Other Symbols

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Troubleshooting

Q1: I found a bug in the template. Where do I report bugs?

You can report issues through our GitHub repository.

You can also mail the maintainers directly.

Q2: Where can I find the thesis formatting guidelines this class is based on?

http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate/assets/library/document/p/original/planningphd.pdf

Q3: Can I use my own Makefile?

By all means. We are currently using the very nice (and smart) Makefile built specifically for LaTeX:

http://code.google.com/p/latex-makefile/

Q4: Where can I find newer versions of the University of Cambridge logo?

The university updates its logo every now and then. You can find up-to-date logos on this page (subject to change without notice).

Download and exchange the new logos with CUni.eps and/or CUni.pdf.

Q5: How can I use my favourite fonts (like Adobe Sabon, Adobe Utopia etc.)?

This template uses Times and Latin Modern (as default) fonts. Libertine Font doesn't support Math (looking for a suitable alternative for Math font in Libertine). After you've installed your custom/favourite fonts, add the following command in the preamble section within \ifFontNotSet \fi:

\renewcommand\rmdefault{psb}

Q6: How should I count the number of words in my thesis?

You can run the following command: ps2ascii thesis.pdf | wc -w

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Known Issues / Bugs

• Abstract, Acknowlegment and Dedication have extra spacing at the top: needs removal?

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TODO list

• Support custom margins

• Support custome headers

• Headheight should be fixed according to the fontsize used!