LaTeX template for TUM theses

This is a LaTeX template created according to the guidelines for TUM informatics theses in WS 2022. Always check the current formatting guidelines before you hand in. See _build/main.pdf for an example PDF created with this template.

Comments & contributions are welcome!

Quickstart

• Download and extract the template, or upload it to an online editor such as Overleaf or TUM ShareLaTeX. If you prefer to use Git, just clone/fork the repository.
• If you are using VS Code in Windows, I suggest to follow these steps:
  1. All the steps in the following setup: VS Code Setup
  2. If it doesn't compile, try restarting to make sure the path variables are known to the system
  3. Change latex build directory in VS Code: file -> preferences -> settings -> search for "latex outdir" -> change outdir to "%DIR%/_build"
• Look for TODO comments in the provided files. Start at main.tex and the files in the setup folder.

If you are new to LaTeX, the Overleaf Documentation or the LaTeX Wikibook might help.

If you still have problems with the template, feel free to create an issue. For general LaTeX questions, use TeX StackExchange.

Folder structure

_ prefix

• Folders with an _ prefix can usually be ignored if you don't want to do your own fancy stuff. If you do, you know how to do it anyways.

bib

• add .bib files here
• update .bib files here

chapters

• add .tex files for chapters of your thesis here
• add other relevant files like figures here
• abstract.tex: write abstract here
• acknowledgements.tex: write acknowledgements here

setup

• bibliography.tex: include bib files here
• contents.tex: include chapters here
• document.tex: change details about the document structure here
• settings.tex: include packages and other settings here
• thesis_information.tex: edit thesis information here

License

This template is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, meaning that:

• You can share (copy, redistribute) and adapt (remix, transform, build upon) this template for any purpose, even commercially.
• If you share the template or a modified (derived) version of it, you must attribute the template to the original authors (Florian Walch and contributors) by providing a link to the original template and indicate if changes were made.
• Any derived template has to use the same or a compatible license.

The license applies only to the template; there are no restrictions on the resulting PDF file or the contents of your thesis.