PhD thesis template which conforms to Durham University style.
%!TEX TS-options = --shell-escape
% CfAI Thesis template - prepared by Matthew Townson and Andrew Reeves, 2016
\documentclass[11pt, oneside, a4paper]{memoir}
% Packages for use in the thsis
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[a4paper,width=138mm,top=35mm,bottom=35mm,bindingoffset=10mm]{geometry}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{rotating}
% \usepackage{gensymb}
\usepackage{pdflscape}
\usepackage{mathrsfs,amsmath}
\usepackage{units}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{acronym}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[UKenglish]{babel}
\usepackage{bibentry}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{natbib}
% Bibliography Style
\bibliographystyle{abbrvnat}
\setcitestyle{authoryear,open={(},close={)}}
\usepackage{perpage}
\MakePerPage{footnote}
% \usepackage{minted}
\captionsetup[subfigure]{labelformat=simple}
\renewcommand\thesubfigure{\alph{subfigure})}
% Skip a line for new paragraph instead of indenting
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\nonzeroparskip
\newsubfloat{figure}
%Define some useful aliases
\newcommand{\thesisTitle}{Thesis title}
\newcommand{\thesisSubtitle}{Thesis Subtitle}
\newcommand{\thesisName}{Author}
\newcommand{\thesisDate}{\today}
\newcommand{\thesisFirstSupervisor}{First Supervisor}
\newcommand{\thesisSecondSupervisor}{Second Supervisor}
\newcommand{\thesisUniversity}{\protect{Durham University}}
\newcommand{\thesisUniversityDepartment}{Department of Physics}
\newcommand{\thesisUniversityInstitute}{Centre for Advanced Instrumentation}
\newcommand{\thesisUniversityCity}{Durham}
\newcommand{\thesisUniversityStreetAddress}{South Road}
\newcommand{\thesisUniversityPostalCode}{DH1 3LE}
%to prefix appendix names with "Appendix"
\renewcommand*{\cftappendixname}{Appendix\space}
\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}
\chapterstyle{madsen}
% Choice of line spacing (both valid)
% \OnehalfSpacing
\DoubleSpacing
\setsecnumdepth{subsection}
\nobibliography*
% Modify Headers
\makepagestyle{myruled}
\makeheadrule {myruled}{\textwidth}{\normalrulethickness}
\makefootrule {myruled}{\textwidth}{\normalrulethickness}{\footruleskip}
\makeevenhead {myruled}{}{\small\itshape\leftmark}{}
\makeoddhead {myruled}{}{\small\itshape\rightmark}{}
\makeevenfoot {myruled}{\small \thepage}{}{}
\makeoddfoot {myruled}{}{}{\small \thepage}
\makepsmarks {myruled}{
\nouppercaseheads
\createmark {chapter} {both} {shownumber}{}{. \ }
\createmark {section} {both}{shownumber}{} {. \ }
\createmark {subsection} {both}{shownumber}{} {. \ }
\createmark {subsubsection}{both}{shownumber}{} {. \ }
\createplainmark {toc} {both} {\contentsname}
\createplainmark {lof} {both} {\listfigurename}
\createplainmark {lot} {both} {\listtablename}
\createplainmark {bib} {both} {\bibname}
\createplainmark {index} {both} {\indexname}
\createplainmark {glossary} {both} {\glossaryname}
}
\makepagestyle{plain}
\makefootrule {plain}{\textwidth}{\normalrulethickness}{\footruleskip}
\makeevenfoot {plain}{\small \thepage}{}{}
\makeoddfoot {plain}{}{}{\small \thepage}
\makepsmarks {plain}{
\nouppercaseheads
\createmark {chapter} {both} {shownumber}{}{. \ }
\createmark {section} {both}{shownumber}{} {. \ }
\createmark {subsection} {both}{shownumber}{} {. \ }
\createmark {subsubsection}{both}{shownumber}{} {. \ }
\createplainmark {toc} {both} {\contentsname}
\createplainmark {lof} {both} {\listfigurename}
\createplainmark {lot} {both} {\listtablename}
\createplainmark {bib} {both} {\bibname}
\createplainmark {index} {both} {\indexname}
\createplainmark {glossary} {both} {\glossaryname}
}
\setsecnumdepth{subsubsection}
\pagestyle{myruled}
\begin{document}
\frontmatter
\include{content/front_matter}
\newpage
\include{content/acronyms}
\mainmatter
\pagestyle{myruled}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Include your chapters here!
\include{./content/chapter1} % INCLUDE: introduction
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\cleardoublepage
\bibliography{thesis}
\input{content/back_matter}
\end{document}