Official LaTeX template as of 2025 for Bachelor theses, Master theses and seminar papers at the Chair of Information Systems for Sustainable Society (Prof. Ketter) at the University of Cologne.
By using this template, you adhere to the formal requirements:
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% This is the official template for theses and seminar papers from the Chair for Information Systems for Sustainable Society (IS3) at the University of Cologne
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%PREAMBLE
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\documentclass[a4paper, oneside, 12pt, hidelinks]{article}
\usepackage[left=4cm, right=2.5cm, top=2.5cm, bottom=2.5cm]{geometry}
% set line spacing
\usepackage{setspace}
\setstretch{1.5}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{caption}
% set indentation size
\usepackage{indentfirst}
\setlength{\parindent}{30pt}
% set font size to times
\usepackage{times}
% set title font sizes
\usepackage{titlesec}
% set \section font size to 14
\titleformat{\section}
{\normalfont\bfseries\fontsize{14}{20}\selectfont}
{\thesection}{1em}{}
% Customize \section spacing
\titlespacing*{\section}
{0pt} % Left indentation
{10pt} % Space before the title
{0pt} % Space after the title
% set \section font size to 13
\titleformat{\subsection}
{\normalfont\bfseries\fontsize{13}{20}\selectfont}
{\thesubsection}{1em}{}
% Customize \subsection spacing
\titlespacing*{\subsection}
{0pt} % Left indentation
{10pt} % Space before the title
{0pt} % Space after the title
% set \section font size to 13
\titleformat{\subsubsection}
{\normalfont\bfseries\fontsize{12}{20}\selectfont}
{\thesubsubsection}{1em}{}
% Customize \subsubsection spacing
\titlespacing*{\subsubsection}
{0pt} % Left indentation
{10pt} % Space before the title
{0pt} % Space after the title
% set headers
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhead{}
\fancyfoot{}
\fancyhead[L]{\textsl{\leftmark}}
\fancyhead[R]{\thesisauthor}
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.4pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
% set APA citation style
\usepackage[style=apa]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{Bibliography.bib}
\pagenumbering{gobble}
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%THESIS Parameters
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\title{Wordy Title - Even wordier subtitle}
\newcommand{\thesisdate}{February 07, 2024}
\newcommand{\thesisauthor}{John Doe} %input name
\newcommand{\studentID}{999999999} %input student ID
\newcommand{\thesistype}{Bachelor Thesis / Master Thesis / Seminar Paper} % Set either to Bachelor or Master
\newcommand{\supervisor}{Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ketter}
\newcommand{\cosupervisor}{Max Mustermann}
% Signature line
\newcommand{\signature}{%
\vspace{2cm}%
\noindent\rule{0.5\textwidth}{0.4pt}\\%
Unterschrift%
}
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%DOCUMENT
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\begin{document}
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%TITLE PAGE (Pre-defined, just change parameters above)
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\input{Template/Title.tex}
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% SOOA - only include this in Bachelor or Master Thesis
% in Bachelorseminar works you don't need to include and sign this
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\input{Template/SOOA.tex}
\pagenumbering{Roman}
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%ABSTRACT
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\clearpage
\thispagestyle{empty}
\section*{Abstract}
[Abstract goes here (max. 1 page)]
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%TOC,TOF,TOT
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\clearpage
\pagenumbering{Roman}
\tableofcontents
\clearpage
\listoffigures
\clearpage
\listoftables
\clearpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}
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%MAIN PART
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% SEC1
\input{./Sections/Section_1}
% SEC2
\input{./Sections/Section_2}
% SEC X
\input{./Sections/Section_X}
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%APPENDICES
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\appendix
\renewcommand*{\thesection}{\Alph{section}}\textbf{}
% APPENDIX A
\input{Appendices/Appendix_1.tex}
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%BIBLIOGRAPHY
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\clearpage
\renewcommand*{\thesection}{}\textbf{}
\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc]
\end{document}