UCL CS thesis template
Author
Nicole Mantl
Last Updated
a year ago
License
Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
Abstract
The template has been designed by Nicole Mantl and submitted here by Sharad Agarwal.
% UCL Thesis LaTeX Template
% (c) Nicole Mantl, 2022
\documentclass[12pt, english]{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[a4paper, lmargin=4cm, rmargin=2cm, tmargin=1in, bmargin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{mathptmx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{gensymb}
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\usepackage{appendix}
\usepackage{helvet}
\usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{dirtytalk}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{fontenc, anyfontsize}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage{titletoc}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\linespread{1.40}
\setlength{\parindent}{.5cm}
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup{font=footnotesize}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{array,booktabs,multirow}
\newcolumntype{L}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{2.1cm}}
\usepackage{pdflscape}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\normalfont\huge\centering} {\textbf{\textasteriskcentered{}\ \chaptertitlename\ \thechapter\ \textasteriskcentered{}}}{15pt}{\fontsize{22pt}{20pt}\selectfont}
\titlespacing{\chapter}{0pt}{-32pt}{2cm}
\titleformat{\section}{\scshape\LARGE}{\thesection}{0.3em}{}
\titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{32pt}{.5cm}
\titleformat{\subsection}{\normalfont\Large}{\themysubsection}{0.5em}{}
\titlespacing{\subsection}{0pt}{32pt}{.4cm}
\titleformat{\subsubsection}{\fontsize{16pt}{14pt}\selectfont}{\themysubsubsection}{0.5em}{}
\titlespacing{\subsubsection}{0pt}{32pt}{.3cm}
\titleformat{\paragraph}[hang]{\fontsize{14.5pt}{12pt}\selectfont}{\theparagraph}{0.5em}{}
\titlespacing{\paragraph}{0pt}{32pt}{.2cm}
\titleformat{\subparagraph}[drop]{\itshape\fontsize{13pt}{12pt}\selectfont}{\thesubparagraph}{0.5em}{}
\titlespacing*{\subparagraph}{3cm}{20pt}{.3cm}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}
\usepackage{natbib}
\bibliographystyle{bib.bst}
\renewcommand{\bibname}{\textbf{\huge{References}}}
\setcitestyle{aysep={}}
\usepackage{tikz,pgfplots}
\usepackage{pgfplotstable}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.15}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes.geometric, arrows}
\tikzstyle{startstop} = [rectangle, rounded corners, minimum width=3cm, minimum height=1cm, text centered, draw=black]
\tikzstyle{io} = [trapezium, trapezium left angle=70, trapezium right angle=110, minimum width=4cm, minimum height=1cm, text centered, text width=3.5cm, trapezium stretches=true, draw=black]
\tikzstyle{process} = [rectangle, minimum width=4cm, minimum height=1cm, text centered, text width=4cm, draw=black]
\tikzstyle{decision} = [diamond, aspect=3, minimum width=3cm, text centered, text width=3.0cm, draw=black]
\tikzstyle{arrow} = [thick, ->, >=stealth]
\usetikzlibrary{positioning, arrows}
\usepackage{abstract}
\renewcommand{\abstractnamefont}{}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\patchcmd{\abstract}{\null\vfill}{}{}{}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{5}
\renewcommand{\cftchapfont}{\bfseries}
\renewcommand{\cftchappagefont}{\bfseries}
\renewcommand{\cftchappresnum}{Chapter }
\renewcommand{\cftchapnumwidth}{6em}
\renewcommand{\cftsecnumwidth}{1.5em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsecnumwidth}{2.2em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsubsecnumwidth}{2.9em}
\renewcommand{\cftparanumwidth}{1.5em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubparanumwidth}{1.5em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsecindent}{3em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubsubsecindent}{5.2em}
\renewcommand{\cftparaindent}{8.1em}
\renewcommand{\cftsubparaindent}{9.7em}
\renewcommand{\cftfignumwidth}{3em}
\renewcommand{\cfttabnumwidth}{3em}
\cftsetpnumwidth{0cm}
\cftsetrmarg{0.4cm}
\makeatletter
\newcommand*\updatechaptername{%
\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\renewcommand*\protect\cftchappresnum{\@chapapp\ }}
}
\makeatother
\cftpagenumbersoff{chapter}
\usepackage{epigraph}
\usepackage{chngcntr}
\counterwithout{equation}{chapter}
\renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Roman{chapter}}
\renewcommand{\thesection}{\arabic{section})}
\renewcommand{\thesubsection}{\themysubsection}
\renewcommand{\thesubsubsection}{\themysubsubsection}
\renewcommand{\theparagraph}{\alph{paragraph}.}
\renewcommand{\thesubparagraph}{--}
\renewcommand{\thefigure}{\Roman{chapter}.\arabic{figure}}
\renewcommand{\thetable}{\Roman{chapter}.\arabic{table}}
\newcommand{\themysubsection}{\arabic{section}.\arabic{subsection}}
\newcommand{\themysubsubsection}{\arabic{section}.\arabic{subsection}.\arabic{subsubsection}}
\usepackage{url}
%% Define a new 'leo' style for the package that will use a smaller font.
\makeatletter
\def\url@leostyle{%
\@ifundefined{selectfont}{\def\UrlFont{\sf}}{\def\UrlFont{\footnotesize\sffamily}}}
\makeatother
%% Now actually use the newly defined style.
\urlstyle{leo}
\newcommand\mysection[2]{\section[#1]{#1\hrulefill}}
\newcommand\Section[2]{\section[#1: {#2}]{#1\hrulefill\\[-2ex]\normalsize\itshape#2}}
\newcommand\Chapter[2]{\chapter[\textsl{#1: {#2}}]{\textsl{#1}\\[1ex]\Large{#2}}}
\begin{document}
%TC:ignore
\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}
\vspace*{3cm}
{TITLE}
\vspace{4cm}
{Your name}\\
\vspace*{10cm}
UCL\\
Ph.D. [Your degree]\\
202x
\end{center}
\end{titlepage}
\setcounter{page}{2}
\noindent
\LARGE{Declaration}\\
\vspace{.5cm}
\normalsize{I, [your name] confirm that the work presented in this thesis is my own. Where information has been derived from other sources, I confirm that this has been indicated in the thesis.}\\
\vspace{1cm}
Signed \hspace{2cm} ...................................\\
\vspace{1cm}
Date \hspace{2.4cm} ...................................\\
\clearpage
\clearpage
\chapter*{\huge{\textbf{Abstract}}}
%\input{}
\clearpage
\updatechaptername
\chapter*{\huge{\textbf{Acknowledgements}}}
%\input{}
\setlength{\cftbeforetoctitleskip}{-22pt}
\setlength{\cftaftertoctitleskip}{-22pt}
\renewcommand{\contentsname}{\huge\textbf{Table of Contents}}
\renewcommand{\cfttoctitlefont}{\chapter*}
\tableofcontents
\clearpage
\setlength{\cftbeforeloftitleskip}{-22pt}
\renewcommand{\cftloftitlefont}{\hfill\huge\bfseries}
\renewcommand{\cftafterloftitle}{\hfill}
\listoffigures
\clearpage
\setlength{\cftbeforelottitleskip}{-22pt}
\renewcommand{\cftlottitlefont}{\hfill\huge\bfseries}
\renewcommand{\cftafterlottitle}{\hfill}
\listoftables
%TC:endignore
\cleardoublepage
\chapter{\textsl{Introduction}}
%\input{}
\chapter{\textsl{Literature/Systematic Review}}
%\input{}
\chapter{\textsl{Empirical chapter}}
%\input{}
\chapter{\textsl{Discussion}}
%\input{}
\chapter{\textsl{Conclusion}}
%\input{}
%%TC:ignore
\newpage
\addtocontents{toc}{\cftpagenumberson{chapter}}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\textbf{References}}
\bibliography{References}
\clearpage
\appendix
\updatechaptername
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\normalfont\LARGE} {\textbf{\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter:}}{0cm}{\large} \titlespacing{\chapter}{0cm}{-40pt}{.7cm}
\renewcommand{\thefigure}{\Alph{chapter}.\arabic{figure}}
\renewcommand{\thetable}{\Alph{chapter}.\arabic{table}}
\updatechaptername
\chapter{\textsl{Appendix}}
%\input{}
\end{document}