Getting Started

Author: Victor Calderon (victor.calderon@vanderbilt.edu)

Description: An easy, reasonably standardized, but flexible template for creating Ph.D. theses from the Vanderbilt University

This documentation is part of the repository Vanderbilt Ph.D. Thesis - Cookiecutter

Whenever you’re getting close to finishing your Ph.D., you will eventually have to start writing up your dissertation. There are many templates out there, but there has been one template passed around between Astronomy graduate students at Vanderbilt from generation to generation.

• Steps to take to write your dissertation
  • Requirements to use cookiecutter templates
  • Downloading Vanderbilt PhD Thesis
  • cookiecutter Prompts
  • Writing the Thesis
  • Using the Template
  • Uploading your Thesis to Overleaf
  • Steps to follow to upload your Thesis to Overleaf
  • Compiling your Thesis

Project based on the modified version of the Vanderbilt University Thesis Template