CTAN update: mitthesis
The mitthesis class formats an MIT thesis or dissertation according to the current requirements of the MIT Libraries. This template is appropriate for MIT theses of all types. It can be adapted for other institutions, if desired. This update includes user-level examples of simple customization of the design, through the [mydesign] key value option. A two-column nomenclature format (nomenclature*) has been added. Minor changes have been made to the default citation and reference styles. Other code tuning has been done under the hood, but these should be unnoticed by the driver. With appropriate class options and up-to-date software, mitthesis.cls can produce pdf files that meet the PDF/UA2 and tagged PDF standards and the WTPDF 1.0 accessibility and reuse profiles (https://demo.verapdf.org/, v1.28.1). Several examples of compliant files are included in the distribution. The 2022/11/01 LaTeX format is the recommended minimum version.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mitthesis More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/mitthesis
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mitthesis – A LaTeX template for an MIT thesis
This class provides a LaTeX template for an MIT thesis or dissertation formatted according to the requirements of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries (as posted in 2025): https://libraries.mit.edu/distinctive-collections/thesis-specs/
This template is appropriate for an MIT thesis or MIT dissertation of any type.
This template works with either pdfLaTeX or LuaLaTeX.
The bibliography may be prepared with biblatex/biber.
The class requires a current LaTeX distribution, ideally 11/2022 or later, but compatible with distributions back to mid-2021.
This template replaces the older version of mitthesis.cls, which was first composed in the 1980s.
| Package | mitthesis |
| Version | 1.20 2025-05-02 |
| Copyright | 2024–2025 John Lienhard |
| Maintainer | John H. Lienhard |