Special thanks to Original Contributors Dr. Khalid Latif and Usman Ayub Sheikh
You are most welcome to contribute or suggest any improvements for the Source code maintained at https://github.com/hasanalikhattak/nust-thesis
[Updated August 2023] Updated as per August 2023 specifications of NUST Official Template
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oneside]{book} %scrbook book report
\usepackage[
backend=biber,
style=numeric,
sorting=ynt
]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{references.bib}
% Essential packages
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, amsthm} % AMS Packages
\usepackage{graphicx,color} % Packages for graphics and color
\usepackage[left=1.5in, right=1in, top=1in, bottom=1in, includefoot, headheight=13.6pt]{geometry}
\PassOptionsToPackage{printonlyused,smaller}{acronym}
\usepackage{acronym}
% Optional customization packages
\usepackage{lmodern} % Custom fonts
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Ensure correct font encoding
\usepackage{mathptmx} % Times New Roman Font accross the document
\usepackage{url}
% Customising chapter headings - sectsty.pdf
\usepackage{sectsty}
\chapterfont{\Large\sc\centering}
\chaptertitlefont{\centering}
\subsubsectionfont{\centering}
\usepackage[hang, small, bf, margin=0pt, tableposition=bottom]{caption}
\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{10pt} % Custom captions
% Tables
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\newcommand{\mc}[2]{\multicolumn{#1}{c}{#2}}
\definecolor{Gray}{gray}{0.83}
\newcolumntype{x}{>{\columncolor{Gray}}c}
\newcolumntype{y}{>{\columncolor{white}}c}
% Page layout
\parindent 0pt
\parskip 1ex
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.49}
\numberwithin{equation}{section}
\renewcommand{\bibname}{References}
\renewcommand{\contentsname}{Contents}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\newcommand{\acrolabel}[1]{\makebox[3cm][l]{\textbf{#1}}}
\newenvironment{acronyms}{\begin{list}{}{\renewcommand{\makelabel}{\acrolabel}}}{\end{list}}
% \includeonly{tex/chapter1} % Option to generate specific chapters
% Customising headers - fancyhdr.pdf
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\rhead{}
\lhead{\nouppercase{\textsc{\leftmark}}}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{\textsc{\@chapapp}\ \thechapter:\ #1}{}}
\makeatother
% Hyperreferencing and citations
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
colorlinks,
citecolor=blue,
filecolor=blue,
linkcolor=blue,
urlcolor=blue
}
% Section symbol
\usepackage{cleveref}
\crefname{section}{\S}{\S\S}
\Crefname{section}{\S}{\S\S}
\crefname{subsection}{\S}{\S\S}
\Crefname{subsection}{\S}{\S\S}
\usepackage{tabu}
\usepackage{adjustbox}
\usepackage{booktabs}% for better rules in the table
\usepackage{graphicx}
%\usepackage{subfigure}
%\usepackage{color}
%\usepackage{colortbl}
%\usepackage{soul}
%\usepackage{listings}
%\lstloadlanguages{Java,XML}
%\lstset{frame=lines}
\usepackage{./styles/astron}
%\usepackage{xspace}
%\usepackage[leqno]{amsmath}
%\usepackage{hyperref}
%\usepackage{sfmath}
%\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{./styles/nust}
\graphicspath{{./img/}{./figs/}}
\title{Main Title}
%\subtitle{A sub-title}
\author{Student Name}
\regno{Spring-2022-MS-CS CMSID School}
\degree{\MSCS} % MSCSE, MSCCS %% Degree Title and It's abbreviation
\school{\SEECS} %SChool abbreviation and Full Name
\adviser{Supervisor Name }
\adviserAffiliation{Department of Computing }
\date{August 2023}
% \setcounter{tocdepth}{2}
% \setstretch{1.1}
% \linespread{1.1}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\input{Preface/Approval}
\input{Preface/Acceptance}
\input{Preface/Dedication}
\input{Preface/OrginalityCertificate}
\input{Preface/Acknowldgment}
\input{Preface/Abstract}
\tableofcontents
\listoftables
\listoffigures
\input{Acronym}
\newpage
% \lstlistoflistings
\resetpagenumbering
\input{chapters/chapter1-intro}
\input{chapters/Chapter2-LiteratureReview}
\input{chapters/chapter3-Methodology}
\input{chapters/Chapter4-Results}
\input{chapters/chapter5-Discussion}
\input{chapters/chapter6-Conclusion}
\input{chapters/chapter7-Recommendations}
% \bibliographystyle{ieeetr}
% \bibliography{references}
\printbibliography
\begin{appendix}
\chapter{Achievements}
If the thesis resulted to produce any publications or any product. This can be listed here.
\chapter{Appendix A}
The separate numbering of appendices is also supported by LaTeX. The \textit{appendix} macro can be used to indicate that following chapters are to be numbered as appendices. Only use the \textit{appendix} macro once for all appendices.
% \pagenumbering{gobble}
\include{misc/checklista}
\include{misc/checklistb}
\end{appendix}
\end{document}