Toolkits for eight scenarios

    Thesis, Dissertation, and Creative Component Toolkits

    The toolkits contain templates, planning tools, the ProQuest publishing agreement that binds all completed Iowa State University theses, dissertations, and creative components as well as shared consent agreements for co-authored journal article chapters.

    Review the scenarios below to determine which best fits your thesis, dissertation, or creative component project, and then navigate to the custom toolkit to download all the resources you need to produce a high-quality manuscript. 

    Best for master's students completing a traditional, research-based thesis with no chapters formatted as journal articles. This toolkit contains:

    • Traditional Thesis/Dissertation Template
    • Thesis Planning Tool
    • ProQuest Publishing Agreement

    Master's - Traditional Toolkit

    Best for master's students completing a research-based thesis with two or more chapters, with at least one chapter formatted as a journal article. This toolkit contains:

    • Journal Article Thesis/Dissertation Template
    • Thesis Planning Tool
    • ProQuest Publishing Agreement
    • Shared Consent Forms (2 options)

    Master's - Journal Articles Toolkit

    Best for master's students completing a research-based thesis with only one chapter, formatted as a journal article. This toolkit contains:

    • Single Journal Article Thesis Template
    • Thesis Planning Tool
    • ProQuest Publishing Agreement
    • Shared Consent Forms (2 options)

    Master's - Single Journal Article Toolkit

    Best for master's students completing a creative thesis with nontraditional formatting, such as short story collections, poetry collections, scripts and screenplays, and more. This toolkit contains:

    • Nontraditional Thesis Template
    • Thesis Planning Tool
    • ProQuest Publishing Agreement

    MFA - Nontraditional Toolkit

    Best for master's students completing a non-thesis program. This toolkit contains:

    • Creative Component Template
    • Creative Component Planning Tool

    Master's - Creative Component Toolkit

    Best for doctoral students completing a traditional, research-based dissertation with no chapters formatted as journal articles. This toolkit contains:

    • Traditional Thesis/Dissertation Template
    • Dissertation Planning Tool
    • ProQuest Publishing Agreement

    Ph.D. - Traditional Toolkit

    Best for doctoral students completing a research-based dissertation with at least one chapter formatted as a journal article. This toolkit contains:

    • Journal Article Thesis/Dissertation Template
    • Dissertation Planning Tool
    • ProQuest Publishing Agreement
    • Shared Consent Forms (2 options)

    Ph.D. - Journal Articles Toolkit

    Format Tutorial Videos

    Techniques for formatting theses/dissertations according to the Graduate College's requirements are demonstrated in a series of step-by-step videos.

    View Annotated Samples

    LaTeX Frequently Asked Questions

    This section contains frequently asked questions and proposed solutions about the ISU LaTeX template for theses and dissertations. Please note that the proposed solutions are not definite. However, they will likely fix your formatting issues if your original deviations from the standard instructions, commands, and packages in the given template are minimal.

    If your settings have diverted extensively from the given template, these proposed solutions may not work. If that is the case, you may need to contact Overleaf. Email support@overleaf.com from your ISU email with your project URL or use the Contact Us links within Overleaf projects.