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McMaster University Thesis Template (2025, Organized File Structure)

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Author:

Feyi Adesanya

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17시간 전

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Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

Abstract:

This template is an adaptation of the official McMaster University’s Master’s/Doctoral thesis format (July 2025) with a more organized file structure (Users should consult the official School of Graduate Studies documentation for the most up-to-date requirements)

Official Style Guidelines - https://gs.mcmaster.ca/app/uploads/2019/10/Prep_Guide_Masters_and_Doctoral_Theses_August-2021.pdf

In the template, additional packages and custom commands can be added through the settings folder, while figures and tables are stored in dedicated directories. Chapters and other content are placed in the sections folder and included in the document by declaring the corresponding files in thesis_main.tex.

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University Theses McMaster University

McMaster University Thesis Template (2025, Organized File Structure)

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% !TEX root = Thesis_Main.tex
\documentclass[12pt]{report} % Times New Roman, 12pt

% SINGLE OR DOUBLE SPACE
%\usepackage{gscale_thesis_singlespace} % Single spaced thesis
\usepackage{settings/template/gscale_thesis_doublespace} % Double spaced thesis


\usepackage{settings/template/fancyheadings} % Header and footer styling

\usepackage[numbers, sort&compress]{natbib} % Bibliography

\usepackage{setspace} % Allows double spacing but skips headers/footers
\setcounter{tocdepth}{1} % Limits the TOC to chapter and section names

% Additional packages
\usepackage{graphicx} % Allows the inclusion of figures
\usepackage{subcaption} % Allows captions to be added to subfigures
\usepackage[justification=centering]{caption} % Centres caption text
\usepackage{array} % Used for table formatting
\newcolumntype{P}[1]{>{\raggedright\let\newline\\\arraybackslash\hspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
\usepackage{booktabs} % Fancy-style tables
\usepackage{longtable} % Allows for tables that are more than one page long
\usepackage{float} % Better figure placement control
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{enumerate} % Numbered lists
\usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem} % For controlling enumerate labels
\usepackage[shortcuts]{extdash} % Allows manual hyphenation of hypenated words
\usepackage{amsmath} % Non-standard math symbols
\usepackage{amsfonts} % Extended fonts for mathematics
\usepackage{multirow}

\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} % Linking to LaTeX labels and external URLs

\numberwithin{equation}{section} % Numbers equations based on their section

\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{pdflscape}
\usepackage{booktabs} % for better horizontal lines
\usepackage{makecell} % for line breaks inside cells

% CUSTOM SETTINGS ********************************
\input{settings/custom/packages}
\input{settings/custom/settings}
\input{settings/custom/commands}


% ********************************
\begin{document}
\include{sections/0_preamble/0_definitions} % LaTeX variables for preface pages/headers
    
\beforepreface % Half title page, title page, declaration page   
  \include{sections/preamble/1_layabstr} % Lay Abstract
  \include{sections/0_preamble/3_abstr} % Abstract
  \include{sections/0_preamble/4_dedic} % Dedication
  \include{sections/0_preamble/5_acknowledgements} % Acknowledgements
  \referencepages % Table of Contents, List of Figures, List of Tables
  \include{sections/0_preamble/6_notation}
  \academicstatement{sections/0_preamble/7_academicachievementdeclaration}
\afterpreface
  
        
  \include{sections/1_chapters/1_Introduction}                  
       \setcounter{figure}{0}
       \setcounter{equation}{0}
       \setcounter{table}{0}

    \include{sections/1_chapters/2_Sample_Chapter}                  
       \setcounter{figure}{0}
       \setcounter{equation}{0}
       \setcounter{table}{0}

   \include{sections/1_chapters/3_Conclusion}                  
       \setcounter{figure}{0}
       \setcounter{equation}{0}
       \setcounter{table}{0}
       
\begin{appendix}
    \include{sections/3_appendix/appendixA}
        \setcounter{figure}{0}
        \setcounter{equation}{0}
        \setcounter{table}{0}

    \include{sections/3_appendix/appendixB}
        \setcounter{figure}{0}
        \setcounter{equation}{0}
        \setcounter{table}{0}
\end{appendix}


\bibliographystyle{IEEEtranN}
\bibliography{bib/references, bib/secondary_references}


\label{NumDocumentPages}

\end{document}
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