University Thesis LaTeX Templates (2026)
Most universities require a specific thesis format. Exact margins, an official title page, and a set citation style. These free LaTeX thesis templates come pre-configured for real universities, so you write your dissertation instead of fighting formatting.
Each opens on LetX and compiles in your browser, ideal for long documents where a local TeX install is a hassle and co-advisors want to follow along.
Find your university
There are 87 institution-specific thesis formats here, across 22 countries. A thesis format is set by one graduate school and accepted by one graduate school, so start with yours; if it is not listed, filter by region and take a neighbour your department will recognise.
Find your university's thesis template
All 87 are free and open in the browser.
Filter by region, country and degree. Every one compiles as it stands, and every one is editable if your department has its own rule.
Showing 87 of 87 templates
- BracU Thesis TemplateBangladesh
- Harvard ThesisUnited States
- CUET ThesisBangladesh
- MIT ThesisUnited States
- NUS ThesisSingapore
- Cambridge ThesisUnited Kingdom
- DU ThesisBangladesh
- IIT Bombay ThesisIndia
- BUET Undergraduate ThesisBangladesh
- ETH Zürich ThesisSwitzerland
- Oxford ThesisUnited Kingdom
- BUET ThesisBangladesh
- ClassicThesis
- IIT Madras ThesisIndia
- SUST ThesisBangladesh
- Stanford ThesisUnited States
- IIT Delhi ThesisIndia
- NTU ThesisSingapore
- UC Berkeley ThesisUnited States
- IISc ThesisIndia
- IUT ThesisBangladesh
- IIT Kanpur ThesisIndia
- KUET ThesisBangladesh
- UT Austin ThesisUnited States
- BUET Postgraduate ThesisBangladesh
- RUET ThesisBangladesh
- RWTH Aachen ThesisGermany
- IIT Roorkee ThesisIndia
- Yale ThesisUnited States
- TU Delft ThesisNetherlands
- TUM ThesisGermany
- Caltech ThesisUnited States
- Cornell ThesisUnited States
- Delhi University ThesisIndia
- Tsinghua ThesisChina
- IIT Guwahati ThesisIndia
- Universitas Indonesia ThesisIndonesia
- UTokyo ThesisJapan
- EPFL ThesisSwitzerland
- ANU ThesisAustralia
- Imperial College London ThesisUnited Kingdom
- LMU Munich ThesisGermany
- NIT ThesisIndia
- UCL ThesisUnited Kingdom
- IIIT Hyderabad ThesisIndia
- Princeton ThesisUnited States
- UniMelb ThesisAustralia
- CMU ThesisUnited States
- DTU Delhi ThesisIndia
- BITS Pilani ThesisIndia
- Edinburgh ThesisUnited Kingdom
- IIT Kharagpur ThesisIndia
- SNU ThesisSouth Korea
- UMich ThesisUnited States
- UofT ThesisCanada
- KU Leuven ThesisBelgium
- Peking ThesisChina
- UBC ThesisCanada
- Georgia Tech ThesisUnited States
- KAUST ThesisSaudi Arabia
- UNSW ThesisAustralia
- HKU ThesisHong Kong
- Johns Hopkins ThesisUnited States
- University of Waterloo ThesisCanada
- VIT Vellore ThesisIndia
- Wits University ThesisSouth Africa
- Columbia ThesisUnited States
- Chulalongkorn ThesisThailand
- KFUPM ThesisSaudi Arabia
- NUST Pakistan ThesisPakistan
- UCT ThesisSouth Africa
- University of Malaya ThesisMalaysia
- UCLA Thesis & DissertationUnited States
- King Saud University ThesisSaudi Arabia
- Cairo University ThesisEgypt
- UChicago DissertationUnited States
- Kyoto University ThesisJapan
- Monash University ThesisAustralia
- Korea University ThesisSouth Korea
- Northwestern ThesisUnited States
- NYU ThesisUnited States
- Yonsei University ThesisSouth Korea
- Brown University ThesisUnited States
- McGill University ThesisCanada
- University of Sydney ThesisAustralia
- UPenn ThesisUnited States
- Duke University ThesisUnited States
The templates
MIT Thesis
MIT thesis format with the required title page and departmental front matter.
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Stanford Thesis
Stanford dissertation layout following the university's formatting rules.
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Cambridge Thesis
A Cambridge-style thesis template with title page and chapter styling.
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Which one should you pick?
| If you are at... | Use |
|---|---|
| MIT / Stanford / Harvard | That university's thesis template |
| Oxford / Cambridge / ETH | The matching UK/EU template |
| An IIT / IISc / NUS | The matching institute template |
| BUET / DU (Bangladesh) | BUET or DU thesis template |
| A university not listed | classicthesis (universal) |
Browse them all, plus 1000+ other free LaTeX templates, at letx.app/templates. Everything is MIT-licensed and compiles in your browser in seconds.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an official LaTeX template for my university?
Many universities publish or endorse a LaTeX thesis class. We host ready-to-use templates for MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, ETH, the IITs, IISc, NUS, BUET and more: each pre-set with the required margins, title page and front matter.
What is the best template for a PhD thesis?
If your university has a dedicated template, use it. Otherwise classicthesis is the most popular general-purpose choice: elegant, well-documented, and accepted almost everywhere.
How do I write my thesis in LaTeX without installing TeX?
Open a thesis template on LetX and click "Open as Template". You can write, compile and collaborate with your advisor in the browser, no multi-gigabyte TeX Live install.
Can LaTeX handle a long thesis with many chapters?
Yes. LaTeX is built for this. Chapters live in separate files, cross-references and the bibliography update automatically, and the document stays consistent however long it gets.
Will these templates meet my university's formatting rules?
The university-specific templates are pre-configured to their published requirements. Always check your graduate school's current guidelines, since rules change; the source is easy to adjust.
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Written by Shihab Shahriar Antor , AI Engineer & Founder of Shahriar Labs. Builder of LetX (collaborative LaTeX) and QuantumSketch (AI STEM video).