Thesis Proposal

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Academic thesis / dissertation proposal LaTeX template, formal title page (candidate, advisor, committee), then Abstract, Introduction, Research Questions, Related Work, Methodology, Preliminary Results, Timeline & References sections.

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Document class
article [11pt, a4paper]
Compiles with
pdfLaTeX
Pages in the compiled PDF
3
Bibliography
BibLaTeX with the Biber backend
Files
13 files: 10 .tex, 2 .bib, 1 image
Packages
  • geometry
  • fontenc
  • inputenc
  • tgpagella
  • microtype
  • xcolor
  • booktabs
  • tabularx
  • titlesec
  • enumitem
  • tikz
  • filecontents
  • biblatex
  • hyperref
The preamble of main.tex, from \documentclass to \begin{document}.
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}

% Packages and styling live in preamble.tex; each section has its own file under
% sections/. Edit those directly --- this file is the outline of the document.
\input{preamble}

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What does the Thesis Proposal template load?

It uses the article class (options: 11pt, a4paper), builds with pdfLaTeX, and loads 14 packages, including geometry, fontenc, inputenc, tgpagella, microtype, xcolor, booktabs and tabularx.

How does Thesis Proposal handle references?

It uses BibLaTeX, with Biber as the backend. References live in a .bib file, and the build runs the bibliography step for you, so citations and the reference list update every time you compile.

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