University of Miami dissertation and thesis
Academic
Follows the University of Miami's thesis rules (community template umdiss.cls of UM students, Overleaf University of Miami Thesis Template by Tom Collins, CC BY 4.0; not an official template of the University), after the Graduate School's "Organization and Formatting of the Final Electronic Thesis, Dissertation, or Doctoral/Lecture Recital Essay" (revision 9/9/2026) and its Word templates of the unnumbered front matter. A dissertation or a master's thesis, in English. The title page with "UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI", the title in capitals, "A DISSERTATION" and "Submitted to the Faculty of the University of Miami in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of", the place and the month and year; the copyright page; the signature page with the committee and the dean in two columns; the abstract with your name, the degree and field, the underlined title, the supervisor and the number of pages of the text; an optional dedication, acknowledgments and preface, the table of contents with the lists of figures and tables; chapters "CHAPTER 1" and the title in bold, the references single spaced with a line between them and the appendices "APPENDIX A". US Letter, a left margin of 1.5 in and 1 in elsewhere, Times 12 pt, double spaced, footnotes in 10 pt numbered through, the front matter in Roman numerals from iii, the text in Arabic numerals, page numbers centred at the foot. Without the University's seal.
- Format
- US Letter portrait
- Language
- EnglishENEnglish (default)
- Margins
- left 3.81 cm, right, top, and bottom 2.54 cm
- Body text
- Times (TeX Gyre Termes) 12 pt, dvojité řádkování (1,8 × 14,5 pt), odstavce odsazené; poznámky, citace v bloku, popisky a literatura jednoduše
- Headings
- Times tučně 12 pt (pravidla chtějí 12 pt v celém textu), kapitoly „CHAPTER 1“ nad názvem, oddíly a pododdíly
- Numbering
- CHAPTER 1 / 1.1 / 1.1.1, přílohy APPENDIX A
- Page number
- bottom right
- Citations
- IEEEcan be changed
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