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Table of Contents

• About
• Getting Started
  • With a Local LaTeX Installation
  • With a Remote Cloud-based Service
• Getting Help
  • Problems and Difficulties
  • Suggestions, Bugs and Feature Requests
• Recognition
• List of Supported Schools
  • Showcase
• Disclaimer
• Microsoft Word Templates

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If you opt for using this project, please give it a star by clicking the (⭐️) at the top right of the project's page at GitGub.

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About

The “novathesis” LaTeX template is an Open Source project for writing thesis, dissertations, and other monograph-like documents.

The “novathesis” LaTeX template…

• Is very easy to use for the LaTeX beginners:
  • Just fill the cover data and your chapters with text!
• Is flexible and adaptable for the LaTeX experts:
  • It's LaTeX! What would you expect?! 😉
• Includes dozens of options that answer the requests from the large user's community (1000's users):
  • e.g., multiple chapter styles, multiple font styles, automatic book spine generation, …
• Supports multiples schools:
  • Currently supports +20 Schools, drawing the covers and typesetting the text according to the rules of each School.

This work is licensed under the LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c. To view a copy of this license, visit the LaTeX project public license.

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Getting Started

With a Local LaTeX Installation

See below for alternatives to a local LaTeX installation

1. Download LaTeX:
   • Windows: install either MikTeX or TeX-Live.
   • Linux: install TeX-Live.
   • macOS: install MacTeX (a macOS version of TeX-Live).
2. Download “novathesis” by either:
   • Cloning the GitHub repository with git clone https://github.com/joaomlourenco/novathesis.git; or
   • Downloading the latest version from the GitHub repository as a Zip file
3. Compile the document with you favorite LaTeX processor (pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX):
   • The main file is named “template.tex”.
   • Either load it in your favorite LaTeX text editor or compile it in the terminal with latexmk -pdf template.
   • If Murphy is elsewhere, LaTeX will create the file “template.pdf”, which you may open with your favorite PDF viewer.
4. Edit the files in the “Config” folder:
   • “1_novathesis.tex” — configure the document type, your school, etc
   • “2_biblatex.tex” — configure the bibliography
   • “3a_degree_phd.tex” — if you are writing a PhD thesis configure your degree here
   • “3b_degree_msc.tex” — if you are writing a MSc dissertation configure your degree here
   • “3c_degree_other.tex” — otherwise configure your document type here
   • “4_department.tex” — configure your Department name here
   • “5_cover.tex” — configure cover contents here (e.g., author's name, thesis/dissertation title, etc)
   • “6_files.tex” — add here the the files for chapters, appendices, annexes, etc…
   • “7_packages.tex” — add here your additional packages and commands
   • “8_list_of.tex” — configure which lists should be printed (table of contents, list of figures, etc)
5. Recompile de document:
   • See 3. above.
6. You're done with a beautifully formatted thesis/dissertation! 😃

With a Remote Cloud-based Service

See above for using a local installation of LaTeX

1. Download the latest version from the GitHub repository as a Zip file.
2. Login to your favorite LaTeX cloud service. I recommend Overleaf but there are alternatives (these instructions apply to Overleaf and you'll have to adapt for other providers).
3. In the menu select New project->Upload project
4. Upload the zip with all the "novathesis" files.
5. Select “template.tex” as the main file.
6. Follow from step 3 above

NOTE: a deprecated version of the novathesis template (v4.x) is available as an Overleaf template. Just select open as template and go to step 6 above!

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Getting Help

Problems and Difficulties

Check the wiki and have some hope! 😄

If you couldn't find what you were looking for, ask for help in:

• The GitHub Discussions page (only EN please) at https://github.com/joaomlourenco/novathesis/discussions.
• The Facebook page (PT or EN) at https://www.facebook.com/groups/novathesis.
• You may also give a look at the novathesis blog at https://novathesis.blogspot.pt.

The GitHub Discussions page and the Facebook page are the right places to ask for help and support! Please don't try to contact me directly for questions or support, by email or any other channel! I will not answer such requests…

Suggestions, Bugs and Feature Requests

• **Do you have a suggestion? ** Please add it to the wiki and help other users!
• Did you find a bug? Please open an issue. Thanks!
• Would you like to request a new feature (or support of a new School)? Please open an issue. Thanks!

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Recognition

This template is the result of hundreds (yes! hundreds) of hours of work from the main developer. If you use this template, please be kind and give something back by choosing at least one of the following:

1. Cite the NOVAthesis manual in your thesis/dissertation. Just use \cite{novathesis-manual} (the correct bibliographic reference, as shown below, will be added automatically).

     @Manual{novathesis-manual,
          title        = "{The NOVAthesis Template User's Manual}",
          author       = "João M. Lourenço",
          organization = "NOVA University Lisbon",
          year         = "2021",
          url          = "https://github.com/joaomlourenco/novathesis/raw/master/template.pdf",
     }
   

2. Make a small donation. We will keep a list thanking to all the identified donors that identify themselves in the “Add special instructions to the seller:” box.

3. Give the NOVAthesis project a star in GitHub by clicking in the star at the top-right of the project's home page.

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List of Supported Schools

• NOVA University Lisbon
  • NOVA School for Science and Technology (FCT-NOVA)
  • NOVA Information Management School (NOVA-IMS)
  • National School of Public Heath (ENSP-NOVA)
  • Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais (FCSH-NOVA)
• University of Lisbon
  • Instituto Superior Técnico from Universidade de Lisboa (IST-UL)
  • Faculdade de Ciências from Universidade de Lisboa (FC-UL)
• University of Minho
  • Escola de Arquitetura (EA-UM)
  • Escola de Ciências (EC-UM)
  • Escola de Direito (ED-UM)
  • Escola de Economia e Gestão (EEG-UM)
  • Escolha de Engenharia (EE-UM)
  • Escola de Medicina (EM-UM)
  • Escola de Psicologia (EP-UM)
  • Escola Superior de Enfermagem (ESE-UM)
  • Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS-UM)
  • Instituto de Educação (IE-UM)
  • Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas (ILCH-UM)
  • Instituto de Investigação em Biomateriais, Biodegradáveis e Biomiméticos (I3Bs-UM)
• Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
  • Departamento de Engenharia Informática e Sistemas de Informação (ULHT-DEISI)
• ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
  • Escola de Tecnologia e Arquitectura (ETA-ISCTE-IUL)
• Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
  • Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL-IPL)
• Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal
  • Escola Superior de Saúde (ESS-IPS)
  • Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro (ESTB-IPS)
• Other Schools/Degrees
  • Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto (ESEP)
  • Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Geospatial Technologies

Showcase

Although the template goes far beyond the cover… some covers from the supported schools are is display below.

                              

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Disclaimer

These are not official templates for FCT-NOVA nor any other School, although we have done our best to make it fully compliant to each School regulations for thesis/dissertation presentation.

All contributors, both sporadic and regular, are welcome. :) Please contact me to join the team.

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Word Templates

If you are here looking for the (deprecated) Word templates (not maintained anymore), please go to this other repository.