Templates · Long-form
The thesis and dissertation template.
Long-form structure that stays manageable at 200 pages: chapters, front matter, appendices, and one bibliography that spans the whole document. Built for the multi-year write, with named versions marking every committee milestone.
What's included
Everything the format demands, seeded.
Chapter-based architecture
Each chapter is its own section with its own status — draft one while a supervisor reviews another, and never scroll a monolithic file again.
Front matter and appendices
Title page, declaration, abstract, acknowledgements, tables of contents, figures, and abbreviations — plus appendices that number themselves.
One bibliography, whole document
References collected across every chapter into a single DOI-resolved bibliography, deduplicated automatically, styled to your institution's requirements.
Supervisor review built in
Reviewer roles for supervisors and committee members: comments and suggestions on the live draft, accepted as diffs, with named versions at every milestone.
Structure
The sections this template seeds.
Every section is a structured block: rename, reorder, or remove any of them — the template is where the manuscript starts, not where it must end.
- 01Front matterTitle page, declaration, abstract, acknowledgements
- 02Contents & listsTables of contents, figures, tables, abbreviations
- 03Chapter 1 · IntroductionContext, research questions, thesis outline
- 04Chapter 2 · Literature reviewStructured review with citation blocks
- 05Chapter 3 · MethodologyDesign, data, and analysis approach
- 06Chapters 4–5 · StudiesRepeatable empirical-chapter scaffolds
- 07Chapter 6 · General discussionSynthesis, contributions, limitations
- 08Appendices & bibliographyAuto-numbered appendices, unified references
Venues it suits
One draft, formatted for the destination.
Front matter, margins, and pagination follow your institution's thesis regulations at export, and the same manuscript produces the deposit-ready PDF repositories such as ProQuest and EThOS expect.
- University thesis formats
- ProQuest / EThOS deposit
- LaTeX class files
Who it’s for
Built for this kind of writing.
- PhD candidates writing a monograph or paper-based dissertation
- Master's students on a thesis timeline with supervisor review cycles
- Supervisors who want to comment on the live draft, not emailed copies
Export
Formatted for the destination.
Exports to PDF and DOCX with institution-ready front matter and pagination, or to LaTeX for university class files — the bibliography arrives formatted either way.
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Funding
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Aims, significance, approach, and budget justification — with per-section length budgets for funder limits.
Evidence synthesis
Systematic review
PRISMA-aligned structure with documented searches, screening flow, and references at review scale.
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