UniBG LaTeX Thesis Template

A simple (unofficial) LaTeX template following the official UniBG formatting rules.

🎉 Also, checkout the Typst version! 🎉

Important note

This template is completely free of use. However, as highlighted in the MIT license, you have to give credit in your thesis acknowledgements:

• To the UniBG Seclab if you're doing your thesis with them
• Or to me, Michele Beretta, in every other case

Remember to also include a link to this repository for reference. An example sentence you can use is the following:

I would like to thank [INSERT NAME] for providing the LaTeX template [1] used during the writing of this thesis.

[1] Link to this repo

You can use the "Cite this repository" button on the right.

Requirements

• LaTeX [required] unsurprisingly
• latexmk [optional] if you want live preview with make watch

The project has been tested with TeX Live.

Setup

1. Install LaTeX
2. Setup your work environment as you see fit. For example, you can either:
   • Use the "Use this template" button in GitHub and clone the new repo
   • Fork this repo
   • Download the files and upload them to Overleaf
3. Start writing in LaTeX
4. Use make to build the PDF manually

Quick start

\documentclass[english,master]{unibg}

\title{A Seclab Thesis}
\subtitle{A Seclab Subtitle}
\advisor{Prof.~John Smith}

\department{Department of Engineering}
\course{Computer Science}
\class{LM-32}

\author{John Doe}
\studentid{177013}
\academicyear{2021/2022}

\begin{document}
  \maketitle
\end{document}

See main.tex for the full setup.

Options

You can choose between:

• bachelor or master, depending on your degree
• italian or english as the language

Title page options

Option	Required	Description
\title	✔️	The title of the thesis
\subtitle		The subtitle of the thesis (or a "less important" part of the title)
\advisor	✔️	Your advisor (professor who followed you)
\coadvisor		Your coadvisor (if you don't know about this, then you don't need it)
\department	✔️	The department of your course
\course	✔️	The official name of your course
\class	✔️	The degree's class (check your course webpage)
\author	✔️	You (I hope), you can put multiple authors, see FAQ
\studentid	✔️	Your student number
\academicyear	✔️	The academic year of your degree

Commands

Command	Description	Options
\maketitle	Creates the first page	-
\emptypage	Surprisingly, an empy page	-
\toc[opts]	The table of contents	Comma-separated list of zero or more among figures, tables and listings

FAQs

• Can I have multiple authors?

  Yes, you can. Just use multiple \author and \studentid, such as

  \author{Author 1}
  \studentid{First number}
  
  \author{Author 2}
  \studentid{Second number}

  You can do the same with co-advisors.

• Live preview doesn't work

  If you use latexmk, you have to configure it in order to support live updates. Also, this is known to not work with all viewers, especially not Adobe Reader.

• I don't have make

  Files can be compiled however you prefer (even when copied in Overleaf). You can also use other IDEs, such as TeX Studio.

• I use Windows

  Don't. Just don't. Save yourself massive headaches and just use a serious operating system. If you can't fire up a VM or dual boot a distro, use Overleaf.

• I use macOS

  As long as you have everything installed, should work out of the box. You should even have make already installed.

• I use Linux

  You probably know already what to do tbh.

• How does the table of contents work?

  Just use \toc. Note that the table of contents kinda breaks the flow of opening chapters on a right page. So remember to check and add a \emptypage if necessary.

• How can I show other tables of contents, like figures?

  Use the optional argument to \toc. If you want to show all supported table of contents, do \toc[figures,tables,listings]. You can also mix and match how you prefer. The chapter/section/subsection table of contents will always be printed though.