Latex thesis templates
We have had many requests for thesis formats already set up in TeX. None of the files are guaranteed, but they have worked successfully for previous graduates. The Graduate College changes thesis formatting requirements from time to time; as far as we know, these files conform to Fall 2007 requirements. However, be sure to consult the current version of the Thesis Handbook.
The newest version of the template (2007) was prepared by Tim Head, based on prior templates by Peter Czoschke and David Hull.
uiucthesis is a LaTeX package for formatting theses in the format required by the University of Illinois, effective Fall 2007.
A class file and a style file are provided. Both provide identical functionality, except that the class file loads the "book" class with the [oneside] option.
Files
README—This page
uiucthesis07Documentation.pdf—Documentation for this version
uiucthesis.dtx.txt—Source for uiucthesis.cls, uiucthesis.sty and thesis-ex.tex (REMOVE .txt extension after saving it.)
uiucthesis.ins—Driver file for uiucthesis.dtx (REMOVE .txt extension after saving it.)
uiucthesis.pdf—Precompiled PDF file of documentation from .dtx file
thesis-ex.pdf—Precompiled PDF file of the example file generated from installation
uiucthesis.cls.txt—Pre-generated class file (REMOVE .txt extension after saving it.)
uiucthesis.sty.txt—Pre-generated style file (for backwards-compatibility) (REMOVE .txt extension after saving it.)
uiucthesis07.cls.txt—Pre-generated class file (REMOVE .txt extension after saving it.)
Installation
latex uiucthesis.ins <== Produces uiucthesis.cls, uiucthesis.sty
and thesis-ex.tex
latex uiucthesis.dtx <== Produces uiucthesis.dvi (documentation)
latex uiucthesis.dtx <== One more time, to fix cross-references
You can do the last two steps on thesis-ex.tex as well to generate the example file (DVI).
Dependencies
This package requires the setspace package.
The Department of Physics maintains this page as a service to the Graduate College. Unfortunately, the webmaster is technologically impaired and knows less than nothing about TeX or LaTeX. While we are happy to answer questions about this (or any Physics) page and to assist our visitors, we cannot provide any kind of meaningful help with specific TeX questions.
