A template for PhD QE report at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. NOT an official template. Do check your school's graduate office requirements.
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% This is the main file to setup the document.
% Document organization and appearance settings are all done here
% Each chapter is a separate tex file, all linked together here
% Preamble (document settings) -----------------------------------------------------------
% Document type and font --
\documentclass[10pt]{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} %utf-8 encoding for ASCII symbols
% insert packages here --
\usepackage{graphicx} %for handling images
\usepackage{amsmath} %for math symbols
\usepackage{breakcites} %to avoid citations extending into the margin
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} %to reduce margins to 1 inch, default margins wasted a lot of space
\usepackage{sidecap} %to enable side captions on figures
\usepackage{setspace} %to enable doublespacing
\usepackage[
backend=biber,
style=apa,
citestyle=apa
]{biblatex} %use the biblatex package
\addbibresource{mybibfile1.bib} %path to the bib file
\addbibresource{mybibfile2.bib}
\usepackage{hyperref} % to create a linked table of contents
\hypersetup{
colorlinks,
citecolor=black,
filecolor=black,
linkcolor=black,
urlcolor=black
}
% Set path to images
\graphicspath{ {images/} } % Direct to the main image folder, always good to create sub-folders to organize images for individual chapters
\singlespacing %making text double spaces
% End of preamble
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\begin{document}
% Making title page
\input{chapters/titlepage}
% Starting frontmatter:
% Abstract goes here
\doublespacing
\input{chapters/abstract}
\pagenumbering{roman} % Roman page numbering to start from abstract onwards
\singlespacing % keep pre-content single spaced
\listoffigures % generate list of figures
\listoftables % generate list of tables
% End of frontmatter
% Insert table of contents
\tableofcontents
% Main matter starts here --
% Inserting individual chapters. Mention chapter titles here and simple link the chapter's tex file
\chapter{Introduction} % Mention chapter title here
\pagenumbering{arabic} % We want Arabic numerals for main matter page numbering
\input{chapters/chapter01} % Link to the chapter tex file
\chapter{Some Literature review}
\input{chapters/chapter02}
\chapter{Research update}
\input{chapters/chapter03}
\chapter{Some chapter}
\input{chapters/chapter04}
\chapter{Planning and Conclusion}
\input{chapters/chapter05}
% Include appendix % Set this up if needed
%\appendix
% Insert bibliography here
\printbibliography
\end{document}
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