Make your TU Delft University Thesis format-perfect: correct front matter, margins, and citation style built in, so it sails through review instead of coming back for fixes.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 25 July, 2026
A TU thesis/dissertation is most often sent back for formatting, not content: margins, front-matter order, and page numbering. The graduate school formatting office checks these before anything else. This template sets the correct structure from the first draft, following the TU Delft University Thesis formatting guidance.
It is a formatting shell for a TU thesis/dissertation, built to the official rules. It covers the title page, approval/signature page, abstract, table of contents, chapters, references, and appendices, with a consistent citation style. Confirm the current requirements in the official guidelines before you begin. See also the e-theses guidance.
Set up the front matter and chapters in the required order, apply the correct margins and spacing from the manual, and use the prescribed citation style throughout. Keep figures and tables captioned and numbered as specified.
The signature failure mode is margin, front-matter order, and page-numbering rules. Second is inconsistent citations. Third is missing or out-of-order front matter. Fix all three against the official guidelines before submitting.
The shell mirrors what the graduate school formatting office checks first: structure order, margins, and citation consistency. Use the TU Delft University Thesis formatting guidance as the source of truth.
| Element | TU requirement |
|---|---|
| Figures/tables | Captioned and numbered per manual |
| Keywords | Not requested. The official submission guidelines do not mention keywords requirements. |
| References | Chicago B style (author-date format). Reference: https://www.scribbr.com/category/chicago-style/ |
| Peer review | Open peer review. Each publishing community within The Evolving Scholar has flexibility to define the level of openness, choosing from: (1) Open Identity Review - reviewers and authors know each other's identities; (2) Open Reports - reviewer comments and editorial decisions published alongside the article, optionally including reviewer names; (3) Flexible Transparency - communities may publish reviewer reports anonymously, with reviewer names (with consent), or only publish reviewer names with confidential reports. Each community states its chosen configuration on its publishing community page. |
| Submission | https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/thes/login |
| Structure | Title page, front matter, chapters, references, appendices |
| Margins/format | Per the official manual |
| Front matter | In the prescribed order |
| Citations | Per the official guidelines |
| Source of truth | filelist.tudelft.nl |
Read the official manual before drafting and before submission. Set margins and front-matter order first. Apply the citation style from the first reference. Compare against a recently accepted TU thesis/dissertation in your department.
Keep numbering and captions consistent. Verify every required page is present and in order. Do a dedicated formatting pass against the official guidelines before submission.
Do one focused pass for margins, front-matter order, and page numbering. Then confirm citation style and that all required pages/sections are present, following the TU Delft University Thesis formatting guidance.