Vanderbilt University dissertation and master's thesis
Academic
After the official LaTeX template of the Graduate School of Vanderbilt University (Vanderbilt University Dissertation Template 2026, Eli Hooten, Haley Adams and Susan Hilderbrand, CC BY 4.0) and the Graduate School's Thesis and Dissertation Guidelines. A doctoral dissertation or a master's thesis in English on US Letter paper: the title page with the committee, the copyright page, the dedication, the acknowledgments, an optional statement on the use of generative AI and the preface, the table of contents, the lists of tables, figures and abbreviations, chapters "CHAPTER 1" with the title centred, bold headings 1.1 to 1.1.1.1.1.1, captions "Figure 1.1:" and "Table 1.1:", equations (1.1), the references (APA) and the appendices after them. Times (TeX Gyre Termes) 10 pt, double spacing, margins of 1 inch, 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
- 2.54 cm on all sides
- Body text
- Times (TeX Gyre Termes) 10 pt, dvojité řádkování (20 pt), zarovnání do bloku, odstavce odsazené 15 pt kromě prvního pod nadpisem
- Headings
- písmo textu 10 pt, tučně; kapitoly na střed
- Numbering
- CHAPTER 1 / 1.1 / 1.1.1 / 1.1.1.1 / 1.1.1.1.1 / 1.1.1.1.1.1
- Page number
- no page numbers
- Citations
- APA 7can be changed
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