A simple and minimal LaTeX template for Final Year Research Project/Dissertation reports
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% Final year project report/dissertation template
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% R F L Evans (2019)
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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
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% Font control
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\usepackage{mathptmx} % Times Roman Font
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\usepackage{helvet} % Arial/Helvetica font
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} % Makes serif text all Helvetica
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% Set up the page margins
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\usepackage[left=2.5cm, right=2.5cm, top=2.5cm]{geometry} % Sets the page margins
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% Allow graphics
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\usepackage{graphicx}
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% Add your report title here
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\title{\huge{\textbf{Project Report Title}}}
% Add your name here
\author{
A. N. Author \\
Department of Physics\\
University of York\\
Heslington, York, UK}
\date{\today}
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% The start of the document
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\begin{document}
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% This adds the title page
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\maketitle
\thispagestyle{empty}
\clearpage % moves to the next page
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% This adds the abstract
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\begin{abstract}
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\end{abstract}
\thispagestyle{empty}
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% Move to a new page and set the page numbering from here
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\clearpage % moves to the next page
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\section{Introduction} % The start of a new section
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\section{Methods}\label{methods}
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A simple equation:
\begin{equation}
f(x) = ax^2 + b + \frac{cx^3}{d} + \mu
\label{eq:example} % this gives the equation a unique name that you can refer to in the main text \ref{eq:...}
\end{equation}
Equation~\ref{eq:example} tells us something.
\section{Results}\label{results}
\begin{figure}[!ht]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=9cm]{figure}
\caption{This is the figure caption.}
\label{fig:thefirstresult} % this gives the figure a unique name that you can refer to in the main text \ref{fig:...}
\end{figure}
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Figure.~\ref{fig:thefirstresult} tells us something important.
\section{Conclusions}\label{conclusions}
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\bibliographystyle{abbrv}
\bibliography{library}
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