How to use IIUM Thesis Latex

Template
Note: Before you start, please make sure that you have installed everything that we need:
1. proTeXt (to download: click here)
3. mtpro2 in MikTex (to download: click here, instruction to install: click here)
4. download and unzip iiumthesis_template.zip (to download: click here)

Insert details
1. Open file name Main_thesis.tex
2. Go to the part written % Write your name, title, etc...
3. Insert your details within the curly brackets {}. These are the commands that you should
put your information. By doing so, each pages that needs these information will be referring
to information given within these commands.
\author{Insert Name of Research Student Here}
\title{Insert Title of Thesis Here}
\submissionyear{2016}
\submissionmonth{December}
\degree{Doctor of Philosophy}
\college{Science}
\department{Computational and Theoretical Sciences}
\major{(Computational and Theoretical Sciences)}
\supervisor{Insert Name of Supervisor Here}
\cosupervisor{Insert Name of Co-Supervisor Here}
\internalexaminer{Insert Name of Internal Examiner Here}
\externalexaminer{Insert Name of External Examiner Here}
\departmenthead{Insert Name of HoD Here}
\collegedean{Insert Name of Dean Here}

Abstract (English)
Open the file abstract.tex and insert your English abstract there.
Abstract (Arabic)
For abstract in Arabic,
1. Please prepare it using MS Word and then save as ArabicAbstract.pdf.
2. Delete the existing filename ArabicAbstract.pdf in the folder iiumthesis_template.
3. Move/Save your ArabicAbstract.pdf in the folder iiumthesis_template.

Approval Page
If you are a Master's degree student:
In Main_thesis.tex, comment \approvalpagephd by putting % symbol in front of the code.
i.e. %\approvalpagephd
If you are a PhD's degree student:
In Main_thesis.tex, comment \approvalpagemaster by putting % symbol in front of the code.
i.e. %\approvalpagephd

Copyright
There are 3 types of copyright pages: joint, IIUM and student. You need to choose one. Please
check out the information provided by CPS IIUM by clicking here.
If you choose joint:
In Main_thesis.tex, comment \include{copyrightIIUM} and \include{copyrightstudent} by
putting % symbol in front of the code.
i.e. % \include{copyrightIIUM}
% \include{copyrightstudent}
If you choose IIUM:
In Main_thesis.tex, comment \include{copyrightjoint} and \include{copyrightstudent} by
putting % symbol in front of the code.
i.e. % \include{copyrightjoint}
% \include{copyrightstudent}
If you choose student:
In Main_thesis.tex, comment \include{copyrightIIUM} and \include{copyrightjoint} by
putting % symbol in front of the code.
i.e. % \include{copyrightIIUM}
% \include{copyrightjoint}
Acknowledgements
Open the file acknowledgements.tex and insert your acknowledgements there.

List of Symbols
Open the file listofsymbols.tex and insert your information regarding symbols and its description
there. If you do not need list of symbols in your thesis, go to Main_thesis.tex and comment
\include{listofsymbols} by putting % symbol in front of the code.

Chapters
There are 5 chapters ready-made in the template. They are chap_1.tex, chap_2.tex, chap_3.tex,
chap_4.tex and chap_5.tex.
You may open respective files and insert your writings in these files according to the chapters.
If you need more chapters, please go to Main_thesis.tex and add the consecutive chapters after the
command \include{chap_5}.
i.e. \include{chap_5}
\include{chap_6}
\include{chap_7}
If you need less chapter, please go to Main_thesis.tex and comment the unnecessary chapter.
i.e. If you only need 4 chapters, comment \include{chap_5} by putting % symbol in front of the
code.

References
The plus side of using latex is that it will generate a list of references for you whenever you cite a
work in your thesis.
For this template, references are stored in bibfile.bib before citation.
To add any references that you desire, please put them in bibfile.bib.
We would like to recommend you to use JabRef to manage your references.

Appendices
If you need to provide appendices in your thesis, go to Main_thesis.tex and uncomment %
\include{append1} by deleting % symbol in front of the code.

Prepared by Nurul Farahain Mohammad. Any enquiries, please contact farahain@iium.edu.my.