classicthesis-uom

Unofficial Ph.D. thesis template for the University of Manchester.

This template is based on amiede/classicthesis and includes modifications to make it compatible with the policy of the University of Manchester. The template is optimized for an electronic submission of the default format (not the alternative journal format).

You can find the official thesis template in Overleaf.

Usage

Import in Overleaf

1. Create a new repository from the template
2. In Overleaf, import a new project from GitHub selecting the newly created repository
3. By time to time, manually sync the Overleaf project with GitHub to update the git repository

Local usage on Ubuntu

1. Create a new repository from the template
2. Clone locally the newly created repository
3. Install the dependencies with:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install texlive-full latexmk

4. Compile the LaTeX sources with:

   latexmk -pdf thesis

5. Open the resulting thesis.pdf

CI/CD

This repository also includes a Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipeline.

• CI: a new build is triggered by any push and pull request event. In case of success, the PDF is available as artifact.
• CD: when a new tag is pushed to the repository, a new draft release is automatically created with the PDF file.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome.