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
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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