A LaTeX Template for Xiamen University Thesis

Project repository: https://github.com/F5Soft/xmu-template, which also includes a template for graduation defense slides.

This template is adapted from the master’s and doctoral thesis template provided in the LaTeX workshop at iAcademy, Xiamen University Library. It encapsulates numerous formatting settings in accordance with the Specifications for Undergraduate Graduation Theses (Projects) of Xiamen University. Users do not need to handle various formatting commands; they only need to fill in author information, abstracts, keywords, chapter titles, chapter content, appendices, references, acknowledgments, etc. Click here to preview the template output.

In addition to the standard undergraduate thesis, the template also supports minor versions and graduation project versions. Detailed usage examples can be found in the example.tex file.

Thesis Template Features

• Automatically generates cover page, academic integrity pledge, and Chinese/English table of contents
• Supports changing the cover title to “Undergraduate Graduation Project”
• Supports adding “(Minor)” on the cover page
• Supports Chinese and English abstracts and tables of contents
• Automatic chapter numbering
• Automatic numbering of figures, tables, equations, and algorithms by chapter
• Automatic setting of odd and even page headers and footers
• Supports importing references from .bib files, with citation format automatically set to GB/T 7714-2005
• Supports appendices and supplementary tables, as well as adding appendix chapters
• Supports both electronic and print versions; the print version inserts blank pages on some even pages so that new sections start on odd pages
• Acknowledgments can be customized to appear either before the abstract or at the end of the thesis
• Includes built-in font files, compatible with Linux and macOS systems lacking Windows SimSun and SimHei fonts
• Fonts, line spacing, etc., strictly follow the Specifications for Undergraduate Graduation Theses (Projects) of Xiamen University

Defense Slide Template Features

• Automatically generates title slide and table of contents
• Automatically generates chapter transition slides
• Navigation bar at the bottom for slide control
• Supports multiple aspect ratios: 4:3, 16:9, 16:10
• Supports custom colors
• Includes university logo elements
• Chinese text in bold typeface; English text in Arial

Examples

The minimal example example-minimal.tex requires the xmu.cls file to be in the same directory during compilation:

If compilation fails (especially on macOS), please compile with xelatex. If using the Latex Workshop extension in VSCode, select the recipe: latexmk (xelatex).

%!TEX program = xelatex
\documentclass{xmu}
\begin{document}

% Basic information

% \print % Electronic version / Print version (print version inserts blank even pages)
% \design % Graduation project / Graduation thesis (uncomment for project)
% \minor % Major / Minor (uncomment for minor)
\title{Chinese Title}{English Title}
\author{Your Name}
\idn{Your Student ID}
\college{Your College}
\subject{Your Major}
\grade{Your Grade}
\teacher{Supervisor\; Title}
\otherteacher{External Supervisor\; Title} % Comment to hide external supervisor
\pubdate{Completion Date}
\keywords{Chinese keywords}{English keywords}

% Cover and integrity pledge

\maketitle

% To place acknowledgments first, move the acknowledgment section here

% Chinese abstract

\begin{abstract}
    Abstract content.
\end{abstract}

% English abstract

\begin{enabstract}
    Abstract contents.
\end{enabstract}

% Table of contents

\tableofcontents

% Main body

\xmuchapter{Level-1 Heading (Chapter)}{Chapter}
\xmusection{Level-2 Heading (Section)}{Section}
\xmusubsection{Level-3 Heading (Subsection)}{Subsection}
\subsubsection{Level-4 Heading} % Not displayed in TOC, no English required
Main body content, footnote\footnote{Footnote content}, citation\cite{cite1}.

% References

\begin{reference}
    % Uncomment below to import references from .bib file
    % \bibliography{references.bib}
    % GB/T 7714-2005 format is automatically applied

    % Manual references
    \begin{thebibliography}{1} % Number = total reference items
         \bibitem[1]{cite1} Reference 1
    \end{thebibliography}
\end{reference}

% Appendix

\begin{appendix}
    Appendix content.
\end{appendix}

% Acknowledgments (default at end)

\begin{acknowledgement}
    Acknowledgment content.
\end{acknowledgement}

\end{document}

For the full example, see example.tex. The compiled output is available in example.pdf. You may directly modify this example.

When compiling, ensure example.tex and xmu.cls are in the same directory and compile with xelatex. Compilation may fail with pdflatex.

If compilation fails (especially on macOS), please compile with xelatex. If using the Latex Workshop extension in VSCode, select the recipe: latexmk (xelatex).

A detailed example for the defense slide template is available in example-slide.tex. The compiled slides can be previewed here.

Customization

The file xmu.cls is the template class file and can be modified directly. Extensive comments are provided in the template to assist customization.

If you are satisfied with your modifications, you may submit a Pull Request to contribute code. You may also open an Issue to request new features.