Unofficial CERN PhD Description (2018) Template
Author
Joschua Dilly
Last Updated
3 years ago
License
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
A LaTeX template for the PhD description, based on the official CERN HR template from 2018.
% Layout similar to
% https://admin-eguide.web.cern.ch/en/content/thesis-description-template
\documentclass{article}
% Define margins
\setlength{\topmargin}{-1.0cm}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.1cm}
\setlength{\textwidth}{16.5cm}
\setlength{\textheight}{23.0cm}
% language
\usepackage[english]{babel}
% graphics
\usepackage{pstool} % post-script editing from latex
\usepackage[dvips]{rotating,graphicx} % use graphics
\usepackage{float} % enables float options (positioning of elements)
% fonts
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % encode strings properly
\usepackage{lmodern} % loads latin-modern fonts
\usepackage{color} % use colors in text
% links
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
%backref, % already set somewhere
pdfpagemode=UseOutlines ,
linkcolor=[RGB]{0,51,160}, % blue,
citecolor=[RGB]{0,51,160}, % blue,
urlcolor=[RGB]{0,51,160}, % blue,
% hyperfigures=true, % already set somewhere
colorlinks=true}
% other styles
\usepackage{enumitem} % helps to make smaller dots in enum
\usepackage{latexsym}
% math
\usepackage{siunitx} % use si units with \si{unit} or \SI{#}{unit}
\usepackage{amsmath} % math package
\usepackage{mathtools} % allows mulit-column cases*
\usepackage{bm} % bold math symbols
% Define header and footer
\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\lhead{\href{http://www.cern.ch}{\includegraphics[height=.65cm]{LogoBadge.png}}}
\rhead{\textbf{\textit{Doctoral Student Program}} }
\lfoot{\textbf{\textit{Page \thepage/\pageref*{LastPage}}}}
\rfoot{\textbf{\textit{HR-TA-06/2018-IH}}}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.7pt}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.7pt}
% tables
\usepackage{multirow} % allows multiple rows put into one
\usepackage{booktabs} % hline extensions like \toprule \bottomrule \midrule
\usepackage{makecell} % multiline cells
% references
\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage[nameinlink,capitalize]{cleveref} % easy referencing
% Fill in the names:
\newcommand{\StudentName}{Max Musterman}
\newcommand{\UniSupervisorName}{Prof. Dr. Dr. Goodman}
\newcommand{\CernSupervisorName}{Dr. Okayman}
\begin{document}
% Title Page %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{center}
\vspace*{3\baselineskip}
{\huge \textbf{Doctoral Student Program}}
\vspace*{3\baselineskip}
{\LARGE \textbf{PhD description}}
\begin{large}
\vspace*{2\baselineskip}
Start Date: dd/mm/20yy
\vspace*{2\baselineskip}
Student Name:
\vspace*{\baselineskip}
\StudentName
\vspace*{2\baselineskip}
Thesis Title:
\vspace*{\baselineskip}
How to write a PhD at CERN - a field study
\vspace*{5\baselineskip}
Name of University:
\vspace*{\baselineskip}
Elon Musk University of Mars
\vspace*{2\baselineskip}
University Supervisor:
\vspace*{\baselineskip}
\UniSupervisorName
\vspace*{2\baselineskip}
CERN Supervisor:
\vspace*{\baselineskip}
\CernSupervisorName
\end{large}
\end{center}
\pagebreak
% Description %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\section*{PhD Description}
% 1-2 Pages max
% Maybe use subsections:
% \subsection*{Motivation}
% \subsection*{Content}
% SIGNATURES %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{5}
\begin{table}[p!]
\begin{tabular}[t]{|l|p{9cm}|}
\hline
\multirow{2}{*}{\makecell[l]{Student:\\ \\ I have read the information for \\
% Link does not work, but that's how it is in the official document ...
\href{https://hr-dep.web.cern.ch/content/technical-doctoral-and}{doctoral students} on the web } } & \\
\cline{2-2}
& \begin{center} {\large \StudentName } \end{center} \\
\cline{1-2}
\multirow{2}{*}{\makecell[l]{CERN Supervisor: \\ \\ I have read the \href{https://admin-eguide.web.cern.ch/en/procedure/doctoral-students-contracts-doct}{doctoral student pages} \\ of the admin. e-guide and will \\ adhere to the terms and conditions} } & \\
\cline{2-2}
& \begin{center} {\large \CernSupervisorName } \end{center} \\
\cline{1-2}
\multirow{2}{*}{\makecell[l]{University Supervisor:\\ \\ I have read the guidelines for \\ \href{https://cds.cern.ch/record/1711644/files/Guidelines-for-Univ.Sup.pdf}{University Supervisors} and agree \\ with the terms and conditions}} & \\
\cline{2-2}
& \begin{center} {\large \UniSupervisorName } \end{center} \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\pagebreak
% BIBLIOGRAPHY %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\bibliographystyle{siamurl}
\bibliography{mybib}
\clearpage
\end{document}