** spim-phdthesisthemes **

LaTeX classes, packages and configuration files for typesetting a PhD dissertation following the SPIM doctoral school template and recommandations <https://spim.ubfc.fr>. 

Built on the powerful TeX-UPmethodology <https://www.arakhne.org/latex/tex-upmethodology> suite, it provides a professional, ready-to-use structure with advanced formatting macros.

These classes packages and configuration files could be easily extended and adapted to the style for your own institution.

spim-phdthesisthemes is part of the larger project TeX-templates <https://www.arakhne.org/latex/tex-templates>.

1. Features

- Front page: Automatically generates the title page with:
  - Thesis title, author, submission date
  - Jury members (supervisors, reviewers, examiners)
  - Institutional logos
- Bilingual abstracts & keywords: French and English versions
- Complete lists: Table of contents, list of figures, list of tables, list of definitions
- Structured chapters: Optional lettrine (dropped capital) and local table of contents per chapter
- Specialised environments: Definitions, theorems, research questions, objectives, contributions
- Advanced tables & figures: Full caption support and source references
- Inline enumerations: Compact lists within paragraphs
- Customised description lists: Flexible key‑value labelling
- Bibliographies: Two separate bibliographies (general and personal, e.g. own publications)

2. Requirements

- A recent TeX distribution (TeX Live 2020 or later, MiKTeX)
- The following classes and packages (automatically installed by most distributions):
  - TeX-UPmethodology <https://www.arakhne.org/latex/tex-upmethodology>, also available on CTAN as 'upmethodology'.
  - Standard LaTeX packages (e.g. babel, graphicx, geometry, tocloft, etc.)

3. Download

The package is available for downloading from the official webpage <https://www.arakhne.org/latex/tex-templates/>.

4. Documentation & Tutorial

A complete tutorial with step‑by‑step examples is available at <https://www.arakhne.org/latex/tex-templates/phddissertation_tutorial.html>

5. Licenses

-   All LaTeX source code (everything in the src/ directory) is licensed
    under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0.
-   The university and institution logos (in the logos/ directory) are
    not free software. They are included with permission of the
    university and institution and may be redistributed unchanged, but
    may not be modified. See logos/LICENSE.logos for details.