An unofficial Typst template for PhD theses at TU Dortmund University, inspired by the LaTeX TUDoThesis class.

Quick Start

Using typst init

typst init @preview/u3tudo

This creates a new directory with all template files.

Manual setup

Clone this repository and start editing template/thesis.typ:

git clone https://github.com/jspeer/u3tudo.git
cd u3tudo
typst compile --root . template/thesis.typ

Usage

Edit thesis.typ to set your thesis metadata:

#show: thesis.with(
  title: "Your PhD Thesis Title",
  author: "Your Name",
  birthdate: "01.01.1990",
  birthplace: "Hometown",
  date: "August 2025",
  first-corrector: "Prof. Dr. First Reviewer",
  second-corrector: "Prof. Dr. Second Reviewer",
  examination-committee-chair: "Prof. Dr. Committee Chair",
  phd-representative: "Dr. PhD Representative",
  submission-date: "1. August 2025",
  defense-date: "1. October 2025",
  tucolor: true,           // TU green accent color
  binding-correction: 12mm, // binding offset
  two-sided: false,         // double-sided printing (binding correction on inner side, running heading and page number on outer side)
  logo: read("logos/tu-logo.svg", encoding: none),
)

Document structure

// Front matter (Roman numeral pages)
#include "content/00_abstract.typ"
#pagebreak()
#outline(title: [Contents])

// Main matter (Arabic page numbers)
#mainmatter
#include "content/01_introduction.typ"
#include "content/02_chapter.typ"

// Appendix (lettered chapters A, B, C, ...)
#appendix
#include "content/appendix.typ"

// Back matter
#backmatter
#bibliography("references.bib", title: [References], style: "ieee")
#include "content/acknowledgements.typ"

Helper functions

• #mainmatter — switch to Arabic page numbering, reset heading counter
• #appendix — switch to lettered chapters (A, B, C, …), reset heading counter
• #backmatter — switch to back matter (unnumbered headings)

Headings

• Main matter chapters: = Chapter Title (numbered 1, 2, 3, …)
• Sections: == Section (numbered 1.1, 1.2, …)
• Front matter (abstract, Kurzfassung): use unnumbered, non-outlined headings:

  #heading(level: 1, numbering: none, outlined: false)[Abstract]
  

• Back matter (acknowledgements): use unnumbered, outlined headings:

  #heading(level: 1, numbering: none, outlined: true)[Acknowledgements]
  

• Appendix chapters: use lettered headings:

  #heading(level: 1, numbering: "A.1.1")[Appendix Title]
  

Features

• Title page and assessment page (Gutachterseite) following TU Dortmund PhD thesis conventions
• Roman numeral page numbering for front matter, Arabic for main matter
• Chapter-based numbering for figures, tables, and equations
• Lettered appendix chapters (A, B, C, …)
• Running headers with current chapter title and header line
• Optional TU green accent color (tucolor: true)
• Configurable binding correction
• Optional double-sided printing (two-sided: true): binding correction on the inner side, running heading and page number on the outer side
• Bibliography support via Typst’s built-in bibliography()
• Table of contents (chapters and sections)

Template parameters

License

MIT