For RPI master's theses and doctoral dissertations

Write where you like.
Let LaTeX handle the formatting.

A free starter, a plain-language guide, and tools that check your work in your browser. No LaTeX experience needed.

Download the starter ZIP Open in Overleaf

Step-by-step setupAlready use LaTeX? Get just the classAdvising a student? For advisors

Unofficial and community-made: not affiliated with or endorsed by RPI or its Office of Graduate Education. Always check the current OGE requirements.

Your words, drafted anywhere, plus the starter's LaTeX files compile, in your editor or on Overleaf, into a formatted PDF: headings, margins, spacing and page numbers set the way RPI's thesis manual describes.

What's here

Start

Set up and write

The starter files A sample thesis to fill in, set up step by step.
The class file Sets the margins, spacing, headings, and front pages.
Plain-language guide Writing, citations, figures, submitting.
The guide, offline Inside the download: open START-HERE.html.

Tools

Run in your browser

Settings builder Fill in a form; copy your title page settings.
Convert to LaTeX Paste from Word or Google Docs; get LaTeX.
Check your references Finds common problems in references.bib.
Explain my error Paste an error; see what it means.
Check your PDF Measures margins, page numbers, and contents.

Help

Fix an error, or ask

Fixing problems Common messages, and what to try.
How do I…? Short answers to common tasks.
One-page cheat sheet The commands you use most, ready to print.
Ask for help A short form; no GitHub account needed.

Good to know: it doesn't write your thesis for you, and nothing you paste or check is uploaded; the tools run in your browser.

What's new Version 0.10.1, 19 Oct 2026: The tool once called "Bring your work in" has a clearer name. All changes How to update