Thesis and papers
When writing a thesis or paper you must make good use of the insights you have gained during your lectures and studies so far. You should also refer to relevant literature and carry out your own research on the topic.
One of the most important things you will learn during an academic study programme is how to write an interesting piece of work that meets the criteria of scientific quality, whilst also being accesible to the broader public.
Refer to our Study skills pages for more information on academic writing skills.
Master Thesis Writing
Thesis writing: LaTeX templates
Your BSc and MSc thesis should have a front page with all administrative details as explained in the documentation below. The easiest and preferred way to comply with these requirements is to use the LaTeX template lion-msc. The template provides commands to so that it also works for our double bachelor students (Physics+Math, Physics+Astronomy).
A PDF document that describes how the LaTeX template works is available via
https://github.com/mdedood/lion-msc/blob/master/lion-msc/lion-msc.pdf
The package is available through the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) and can be automatically installed by most LaTeX distributions
The document class is maintained by Michiel de Dood. Comments, additions and improvements are most welcome. For those who want to contribute please use lion-msc on github
https://github.com/mdedood/lion-msc
A known issues, depending on your LaTeX installation is that the university logo is missing. You can place a copy of the file with the logo in the main directory where you also store the LaTeX file for your thesis. The logo can be download via
https://github.com/mdedood/lion-msc/blob/master/lion-msc/lion-msc-logo.pdf