🎓 FOR RESEARCHERS & PHD STUDENTS

LaTeX tools for PhD students & researchers

Thesis is 200 pages. Your advisor sends changes in Word. The defense is in 3 months. latexci helps you move faster — preview, diff, convert, and start from pro templates.

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Your thesis workflow — step by step

Every tool is free. No account. Works in your browser.

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Pick a thesis template

Start from our PhD or Master's template — title page, chapters, appendices, and bibliography already wired up.

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Preview while you write

Paste your LaTeX source into the live preview. See math, sections, and tables render instantly — no compile cycle.

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Diff revisions with your advisor

Your advisor sent back a revised version? Drag both .tex files into the diff tool — see every change highlighted.

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Convert advisor feedback from Word

Advisor comments in a .docx? Upload it to Word → LaTeX converter and get clean .tex output to merge back in.

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Thesis & research templates

One click loads the template into the live editor — ready to edit.

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Academic Article
Research

Standard article with abstract, sections, math equations, and bibliography.

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PhD Thesis
Thesis

Full doctoral thesis structure: title page, abstract, ToC, chapters, appendices, and bibliography.

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Master's Thesis
Thesis

Streamlined thesis template for MSc/MEng — cleaner than PhD, still professional.

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IEEE Conference Paper
Research

Two-column IEEE-style conference paper — standard article class, compiles with any pdflatex install. Swap in IEEEtran.cls for final submission.

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Research Proposal
Thesis

Structured research proposal for PhD applications, grants, or funding bodies.

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Essential LaTeX packages for thesis

Add these to your preamble. Each solves a common thesis pain point.

amsmathAll math — equations, symbols, theorem environments
geometryPage margins — universities have strict margin requirements
hyperrefClickable cross-references, URLs, and PDF bookmarks
biblatex + biberModern bibliography management (replaces BibTeX)
graphicxInsert figures, logos, plots
booktabsProfessional tables (\toprule, \midrule, \bottomrule)
setspaceLine spacing control (\onehalfspacing, \doublespacing)
microtypeMicro-typography: better justification, fewer overflows
listings or mintedCode listings with syntax highlighting
algorithm2eAlgorithm pseudocode environments
cleverefSmart cross-references: auto-detects \cref{fig:1} → Figure 1
todonotesInline TODO/fixme notes during draft phase

🏛️ Centrale Marseille & AMSE templates

GRANDE ÉCOLE

Ready-to-compile templates with the correct title pages, headers, and colour schemes for Centrale Méditerranée reports, internship documents, and AMSE working papers.

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Centrale Méditerranée — Rapport de projet

Rapport académique avec en-tête Centrale Méditerranée, page de titre, sections bilingues, et mise en forme aux couleurs de l'école.

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Centrale Marseille — Rapport de stage

Rapport de stage officiel : page de titre bilingue, clause de confidentialité, structure complète entreprise + école.

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AMSE — Working Paper / Research Note

Format papier de recherche pour Aix-Marseille School of Economics : JEL codes, abstract structuré, bibliographie économique.

💡 Each template opens in the live editor. Replace placeholder text, add \includegraphics for the real logo, and export to PDF with the ↓ PDF button.

🤖 ML Conference Paper template

NEW

NeurIPS / ICML / ICLR / CVPR — all share the same article-class skeleton. This template wires up the anonymous review header, contributions paragraph, algorithm environment, theorem/proof, ablation table, and appendix. Swap in the official neurips_2025.styonce you're ready to submit.

🤖 Open ML Conference templateIncludes algorithm env, booktabs tables, theorem environments, appendix
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Why academics choose LaTeX over Word

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Math that looks right
LaTeX renders equations — fractions, integrals, matrices — with professional typesetting that Word cannot match.
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Cross-references never break
\label + \ref means Figure 3.2 stays Figure 3.2 even when you add a figure before it. Word breaks these constantly.
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BibTeX + bibliography
Manage 300 references in a .bib file. Cite with \cite{}. The bibliography formats itself in APA, IEEE, or any style.
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Git-friendly
Plain text files diff cleanly in Git. Track every change across months of writing. Collaborate without merge conflicts on a binary .docx.
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Precise layout control
Universities have strict margin, font, and spacing rules. LaTeX gives you exact control. geometry and setspace handle it in 2 lines.
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Focus on content
LaTeX separates structure from formatting. You write; LaTeX typeset. No fighting with Word's auto-formatting at 2am before a deadline.

Thesis LaTeX — frequently asked

Which document class should I use for my thesis?
Use \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report} for most theses. The report class gives you \chapter commands and produces professional multi-chapter documents. Some universities provide their own class file — check your institution's guidelines first.
How do I manage my bibliography for hundreds of references?
Use biblatex with Biber as the backend (\usepackage[style=apa]{biblatex}). Keep all your references in a .bib file and cite with \cite{key}. Zotero and Mendeley can export directly to .bib format.
My thesis is 200+ pages. Will LaTeX handle it?
Yes — LaTeX is specifically designed for long documents. Use \include{chapters/intro} to split chapters into separate files and \includeonly{} to compile just one chapter at a time for faster iteration.
How do I number equations, figures, and tables per chapter?
With the report class, add \numberwithin{equation}{chapter} in your preamble. Figures and tables auto-number per chapter when you use the report class. Your table of figures (\listoffigures) updates automatically.
Can I use latexci to check my thesis formatting?
Yes — paste sections into the Live Preview to check math rendering and structure. Use the Diff tool to compare thesis drafts with your advisor's changes. Both tools work with any length of LaTeX.
Does the preview support theorem, lemma, and proof environments?
The preview renders the document structure, math, and text. Complex custom environments (theorem/lemma/proof) will show their content. For full rendering of custom environments, compile locally with tectonic or pdflatex.

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