CTAN update: mitthesis
Datum: 22. August 2026 19:20:45 MESZ
John H. Lienhard submitted an update to the
mitthesis
package.
Version: 1.24 2026-08-21
License: mit
Summary description: A LaTeX template for an MIT thesis
Announcement text:
The mitthesis class formats an MIT thesis or dissertation according to the current requirements of the MIT Libraries. This template is appropriate for MIT theses of all types. It can be adapted for other institutions, if desired. This update includes bug fixes, updates to the documentation and sample files, streamlining of some expl3 code, and further improvements to the css file. See README for details. The mitthesis class supports tagged PDF (UA-2, A-4F, WTPDF-1) with LuaLaTeX when using LaTeX formats of 2025/06/01 or later . TeX Live 2022, or a later distribution, is required. TeX Live 2026 or later is recommended.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mitthesis More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/mitthesis
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
The mitthesis class formats an MIT thesis or dissertation according to the current requirements of the MIT Libraries. This template is appropriate for MIT theses of all types. It can be adapted for other institutions, if desired. This update includes bug fixes, updates to the documentation and sample files, streamlining of some expl3 code, and further improvements to the css file. See README for details. The mitthesis class supports tagged PDF (UA-2, A-4F, WTPDF-1) with LuaLaTeX when using LaTeX formats of 2025/06/01 or later . TeX Live 2022, or a later distribution, is required. TeX Live 2026 or later is recommended.
This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/mitthesis More information is at https://ctan.org/pkg/mitthesis
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .
mitthesis – A LaTeX template for an MIT thesis
This class provides a LaTeX template for an MIT thesis or dissertation formatted according to the requirements of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries (as posted in 2026): https://libraries.mit.edu/distinctive-collections/thesis-specs/
This template is appropriate for an MIT thesis or MIT dissertation of any type.
This template works with either pdfLaTeX or LuaLaTeX.
The bibliography may be prepared with biblatex/biber.
The class requires TeX Live 2022 or later distributions.
This template replaces the older version of mitthesis.cls, which was first composed in the 1980s.
| Paket | mitthesis |
| Version | 1.24 2026-08-21 |
| Copyright | 2024–2026 John Lienhard |
| Betreuer | John H. Lienhard |