Fast-track your writing with tried & tested templates

If you're planning the whole document, start with the full dissertation template. It lays out every chapter, so you can see how the pieces fit before you write a word. Still at the proposal stage? The research proposal template comes first. The chapter templates go deeper on one chapter at a time, once you're writing it.

Yes, every one of them. Pop your email in on a template's page and you'll have it straight away.

Yes. They follow the standard structure most universities use for master's dissertations and doctoral theses alike. A PhD thesis runs longer and goes deeper, but the chapters do the same jobs.

Most are Google Docs you can download as fully editable Word files, and the planners and trackers are Google Sheets that open in Excel. If you write in LaTeX, use the template as your guide to structure and content, and set up the formatting in your own document.

Yes, always. Your university's handbook wins on anything specific, like chapter names, word limits or referencing style. Use the template for what each section needs to do, and the handbook for the rules. If the two disagree, check with your advisor (supervisor).

Yes. A template gives you structure and prompts, and every word you put into it is yours, so it's no different from following a textbook's advice on how to lay out a chapter. That's the line we hold on everything we do: we'll explain, guide and give feedback, but we never write your work for you.