Tom Collins PhD thesis template

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Tom Collins
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Template for my PhD thesis. Could be useful if you're looking for PhD or Master's thesis templates.
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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}

% Maths symbols
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{siunitx}
% Music symbols (double sharp)
\usepackage{pifont}
% Figures, tables and captions
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage[font=sf]{caption} % Changes font of captions.
\usepackage{dpfloat} % Ability to place figure on even or odd page using \begin{leftfullpage}
 \usepackage{longtable}
% Numbering lines in verbatim
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
% Appendices
\usepackage{appendix}
% References
\usepackage{natbib}
\bibpunct{(}{)}{;}{a}{,}{,}
% Editorial
\usepackage{color}
% \definecolor{viva}{rgb}{.54,.17,.89}
\definecolor{blue}{rgb}{0,0,0}
% To take out Tom's colour-coded edits
\definecolor{supervisor1}{rgb}{1,0.2,0.2}

% Aesthetic, control of margins, headers, etc.
\usepackage{fancyhdr,layout}
\oddsidemargin 1.6 cm
\evensidemargin 0.4 cm
\pagestyle{fancy}
\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\markboth{#1}{}}
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\thesection\ #1}}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[LE,RO]{\bfseries\thepage}
\fancyhead[LO]{\bfseries\rightmark}
\fancyhead[RE]{\bfseries\leftmark}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
\addtolength{\headheight}{14.5pt}
\setlength{\footskip}{0in}
\renewcommand{\footruleskip}{0pt}
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
 \fancyhead{}
 \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
}
% Control of chapter headings
\usepackage[Bjornstrup]{fncychap}
% Place chapter heading only 0 pt down page, instead of 50 pt.
\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\@makechapterhead}[1]{%
  \vspace*{0\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \if@mainmatter%%%%% Fix for frontmatter, mainmatter, and backmatter 040920
        \DOCH
      \fi
    \fi
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \if@mainmatter%%%%% Fix for frontmatter, mainmatter, and backmatter 060424
      \DOTI{#1}%
    \else%
      \DOTIS{#1}%
    \fi
  }}
% For the case \chapter*:
\renewcommand*{\@makeschapterhead}[1]{%
  \vspace*{0\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright
    \normalfont
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \DOTIS{#1}
    \vskip 40\p@
  }}
\makeatother

% Declare some custom functions.
\DeclareMathOperator*{\conc}{conc}
\DeclareMathOperator*{\TEC}{TEC}
\DeclareMathOperator*{\MTP}{MTP}
% vector?

% Double spacing
%\linespread{2} % Double spacing
\usepackage{setspace}

% \includeonly{secondfile} % Useful for printing only named chapter but retaining external refs.

% A new command, just for the title page
\newcommand{\HRule}{\rule{\linewidth}{0.5mm}}

% Navigation
\usepackage[pdftex]{hyperref}

\begin{document}

\frontmatter
% A double sharp and double flat symbol.
\newcommand{\doublesharp}{\raisebox{.01em}{\kern-.19em\scalebox{.6}{\rotatebox[origin=c]{45}{\ding{67}}}}\kern-.1em}
\newcommand{\doubleflat}{{\small\mbox{\ensuremath{\flat}}}\hspace{-0.055cm}\ensuremath{\flat}}
% A roman d for integrals.
\newcommand{\ud}{\,\mathrm{d}}
% A black square for the end of definitions.
\renewcommand{\qedsymbol}{$\blacksquare$}

\input{"Title\space page/draft"}

\input{"Abstract/draft"}
\input{"Acknowledgements/draft"}
\input{"Related\space publications/draft"}

\tableofcontents
% Include list of tables (and in table of contents)
\newpage
\phantomsection \label{listoftab}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of tables}
\listoftables
% Include list of figures (and in table of contents)
\newpage
\phantomsection \label{listoffig}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of figures}
\listoffigures

\mainmatter
% Make "double-spaced"
\setstretch{1.6}
\input{"Introduction/draft"}

\input{"Music\space representations/draft"}
\input{"Discovery\space of\space patterns\space in\space music/draft"}
\input{"Evaluation/draft"}
\input{"Conclusions\space and\space future\space work/draft"}

\appendix
\appendixpage
\addappheadtotoc
\input{"Mathematical\space definitions/draft"}

\backmatter
\setstretch{1}
%\include{"Bibliography/draft"}
% Change title of bibliography to References
\renewcommand\bibname{References}
% Make sure "references" is in the header
\fancyhead[RE]{\bfseries References}
% Place it in the table of contents
\newpage
\phantomsection \label{refs}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{References}
% Declare style
\bibliographystyle{plainnat}
% \bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{Bibliography/bibliography.bib}

\end{document}