University of Maryland, College Park master's thesis and dissertation
Academic
After the LaTeX template of the University of Maryland, College Park, to which the Graduate School links (thesis.cls, LatexThesisFiles-2025 of 20 September 2025, Dorothea F. Brosius, Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics), and the ETD Style Guide 2025 (Office of the Registrar), which takes precedence: margins of 1 inch on the left and right, the page number 3/4 inch from the edge and the headings under the top margin. A master's thesis or a doctoral dissertation in English on US Letter paper: the abstract as the first page, the title page with the advisory committee, the copyright page, an optional Disclaimer page, the preface, the foreword, the dedication and the acknowledgements with an optional statement on the use of generative AI, the table of contents, the lists of tables, figures and abbreviations, chapters "Chapter 1: Title", sections 1.1 to 1.1.1.1, captions "Figure 1.1:" and "Table 1.1:", floating figures, equations (1.1), appendices "Appendix A:", the bibliography (IEEE) and an optional curriculum vitae. Times (TeX Gyre Termes) 12 pt, double spacing, justified, the page number centred at the foot, the front matter in lower-case Roman numerals from ii, the text in Arabic numerals from 1; without the University's logo.
- Format
- US Letter portrait
- Language
- EnglishENEnglish (default)
- Margins
- left and right 2.54 cm, top 2.44 cm, bottom 2.64 cm
- Body text
- Times (TeX Gyre Termes) 12 pt, dvojité řádkování (29 pt), zarovnání do bloku, odstavce odsazené 0,4 palce
- Headings
- písmo textu 14,4 pt, netučně, vlevo
- Numbering
- Chapter 1: / 1.1 / 1.1.1 / 1.1.1.1
- Page number
- no page numbers
- Citations
- IEEEcan be changed
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