Requirements on the Electronically Submitted Thesis

There are only very few requirements on the format of the electronically submitted thesis.

As a matter of course you need to make sure that the supervisor and reviewers grading your thesis can actually view, read, and print the PDF file. Hence you should embed fonts and not use encryption. The first page of the PDF file (cover page) needs to contain the title of the thesis and the author.

The confirmation accroding to §18 (9) APSO, that the thesis represents your own work and that no other sources and/or resources than those listed were used, is included in the submission form generated by the Dean's Office or the submission letter generated by this system, when uploading the PDF. If you are using a template from various sources, you may remove similar confirmations included therein.

Title of the Thesis

The title in English language should conform to guidelines for the use of English in thesis titles. Entering your thesis’ title in the database you may use Unicode (see next section "Hints on entering special characters").

Hints on entering special characters

If possible use Unicode in your thesis’ title. You may copy and paste the characters from the tables below (first column). Alternatively you may use a keyboard shortcut to enter the Hex-Code directly (in Windows: keep Alt key pressed while hitting Plus key followed by the hexadecimal Unicode and then release the Alt key).

Only if the title contains mathematical formulae so complex that the Unicode characters are insufficient you may use LaTeX. Include the LaTeX code within the math environment enclosed by \( and \).

The HTML representation is only for reference and can not be used in the title of a thesis.

Greek letters

	Name	Unicode Hex (Decimal)	\(\LaTeX{}\)	HTML
Α	Greek capital letter Alpha	0391 (913)		`Α`
Β	Greek capital letter Beta	0392 (914)		`Β`
Γ	Greek capital letter Gamma	0393 (915)	`\Gamma`	`Γ`
Δ	Greek capital letter Delta	0394 (916)	`\Delta`	`Δ`
Ε	Greek capital letter Epsilon	0395 (917)		`Ε`
Ζ	Greek capital letter Zeta	0396 (918)		`Ζ`
Η	Greek capital letter Eta	0397 (919)		`Η`
Θ	Greek capital letter Theta	0398 (920)	`\Theta`	`Θ`
Ι	Greek capital letter Iota	0399 (921)		`Ι`
Κ	Greek capital letter Kappa	039A (922)		`Κ`
Λ	Greek capital letter Lambda	039B (923)	`\Lambda`	`Λ`
Μ	Greek capital letter My	039C (924)		`Μ`
Ν	Greek capital letter Ny	039D (925)		`Ν`
Ξ	Greek capital letter Xi	039E (926)	`\Xi`	`Ξ`
Ο	Greek capital letter Omikron	039F (927)		`Ο`
Π	Greek capital letter Pi	03A0 (928)	`\Pi`	`Π`
Ρ	Greek capital letter Rho	03A1 (929)		`Ρ`
Σ	Greek capital letter Sigma	03A3 (931)	`\Sigma`	`Σ`
Τ	Greek capital letter Tau	03A4 (932)		`Τ`
Υ	Greek capital letter Ypsilon	03A5 (933)		`Υ`
Φ	Greek capital letter Phi	03A6 (934)	`\Phi`	`Φ`
Χ	Greek capital letter Chi	03A7 (935)		`Χ`
Ψ	Greek capital letter Psi	03A8 (936)	`\Psi`	`Ψ`
Ω	Greek capital letter Omega	03A9 (937)	`\Omega`	`Ω`
α	Greek letter Alpha	03B1 (945)	`\alpha`	`α`
β	Greek letter Beta	03B2 (946)	`\beta`	`β`
γ	Greek letter Gamma	03B3 (947)	`\gamma`	`γ`
δ	Greek letter Delta	03B4 (948)	`\delta`	`δ`
ε	Greek letter Epsilon	03B5 (949)	`\epsilon`	`ε`
ζ	Greek letter Zeta	03B6 (950)	`\zeta`	`ζ`
η	Greek letter Eta	03B7 (951)	`\eta`	`η`
θ	Greek letter Theta	03B8 (952)	`\theta`	`θ`
ι	Greek letter Iota	03B9 (953)	`\iota`	`ι`
κ	Greek letter Kappa	03BA (954)	`\kappa`	`κ`
λ	Greek letter Lambda	03BB (955)	`\lambda`	`λ`
μ	Greek letter My	03BC (956)	`\mu`	`μ`
ν	Greek letter Ny	03BD (957)	`\nu`	`ν`
ξ	Greek letter Xi	03BE (958)	`\xi`	`ξ`
ο	Greek letter Omikron	03BF (959)		`ο`
π	Greek letter Pi	03C0 (960)	`\pi`	`π`
ρ	Greek letter Rho	03C1 (961)	`\rho`	`ρ`
ς	Greek letter finales Sigma	03C2 (962)	`\varsigma`	`ς`
σ	Greek letter Sigma	03C3 (963)	`\sigma`	`σ`
τ	Greek letter Tau	03C4 (964)	`\tau`	`τ`
υ	Greek letter Ypsilon	03C5 (965)		`υ`
φ	Greek letter Phi	03C6 (966)	`\varphi`	`φ`
χ	Greek letter Chi	03C7 (967)	`\chi`	`χ`
ψ	Greek letter Psi	03C8 (968)	`\psi`	`ψ`
ω	Greek letter Omega	03C9 (969)	`\omega`	`ω`
ϑ	Griechisches Theta-Symbol	03D1 (977)	`\vartheta`	`ϑ`
ϕ	Griechisches Phi-Symbol	03D5 (981)	`\phi`	`ϕ`
ϖ	Griechisches Pi-Symbol	03D6 (982)	`\varpi`	`ϖ`
Ϝ	Griechischer letter Digamma	03DC (988)	`\Digamma`	`Ϝ`
ϝ	Greek letter Digamma	03DD (989)	`\digamma`	`&digamma;`
ϰ	Griechisches Kappa-Symbol	03F0 (1008)	`\varkappa`	`ϰ`
ϱ	Griechisches Rho-Symbol	03F1 (1009)	`\varrho`	`ϱ`

Superscripts and subscripts

	Name	Unicode Hex (Dezimal)	\(\LaTeX{}\)	HTML
⁰	Superscript Zero	2070 (8304)	`{}^{0}`	`<sup>0</sup>`
¹	Superscript One	00B9 (20)	`{}^{1}`	`<sup>1</sup>`
²	Superscript Two	00B2 (13)	`{}^{2}`	`<sup>2</sup>`
³	Superscript Three	00B3 (14)	`{}^{3}`	`<sup>3</sup>`
⁴	Superscript Four	2074 (8308)	`{}^{4}`	`<sup>4</sup>`
⁵	Superscript Five	2075 (8309)	`{}^{5}`	`<sup>5</sup>`
⁶	Superscript Six	2076 (8310)	`{}^{6}`	`<sup>6</sup>`
⁷	Superscript Seven	2077 (8311)	`{}^{7}`	`<sup>7</sup>`
⁸	Superscript Eight	2078 (8312)	`{}^{8}`	`<sup>8</sup>`
⁹	Superscript Nine	2079 (8313)	`{}^{9}`	`<sup>9</sup>`
⁺	Superscript Plus sign	207A (8314)	`{}^{+}`	`<sup>+</sup>`
⁻	Superscript Minus sign	207B (8315)	`{}^{-}`	`<sup>-</sup>`
⁼	Superscript equality sign	207C (8316)	`{}^{=}`	`<sup>=</sup>`
⁽	Superscript left parenthesis	207D (8317)	`{}^{(}`	`<sup>(</sup>`
⁾	Superscript right parenthesis	207E (8318)	`{}^{)}`	`<sup>)</sup>`
ⁱ	Superscript letter I	2071 (8305)	`{}^{i}` (Variable)/`{}^{\text i}` (letter)	`<sup>i</sup>`
ⁿ	Superscript letter N	207F (8319)	`{}^{n}` (Variable)/`{}^{\text n}` (letter)	`<sup>n</sup>`
₀	Subscript Zero	2080 (8320)	`{}_{0}`	`<sub>0</sub>`
₁	Subscript One	2081 (8321)	`{}_{1}`	`<sub>1</sub>`
₂	Subscript Two	2082 (8322)	`{}_{2}`	`<sub>2</sub>`
₃	Subscript Three	2083 (8323)	`{}_{3}`	`<sub>3</sub>`
₄	Subscript Four	2084 (8324)	`{}_{4}`	`<sub>4</sub>`
₅	Subscript Five	2085 (8325)	`{}_{5}`	`<sub>5</sub>`
₆	Subscript Six	2086 (8326)	`{}_{6}`	`<sub>6</sub>`
₇	Subscript Seven	2087 (8327)	`{}_{7}`	`<sub>7</sub>`
₈	Subscript Eight	2088 (8328)	`{}_{8}`	`<sub>8</sub>`
₉	Subscript Nine	2089 (8329)	`{}_{9}`	`<sub>9</sub>`
₊	Subscript Plus sign	208A (8330)	`{}_{+}`	`<sub>+</sub>`
₋	Subscript Minus sign	208B (8331)	`{}_{-}`	`<sub>-</sub>`
₌	Subscript equality sign	208C (8332)	`{}_{=}`	`<sub>=</sub>`
₍	Subscript left parenthesis	208D (8333)	`{}_{(}`	`<sub>(</sub>`
₎	Subscript right parenthesis	208E (8334)	`{}_{)}`	`<sub>)</sub>`
ₐ	Subscript letter A	2090 (8336)	`{}_{a}` (Variable)/`{}_{\text a}` (letter)	`<sup>a</sup>`
ₑ	Subscript letter E	2091 (8337)	`{}_{e}` (Variable)/`{}_{\text e}` (letter)	`<sup>e</sup>`
ₒ	Subscript letter O	2092 (8338)	`{}_{o}` (Variable)/`{}_{\text o}` (letter)	`<sup>o</sup>`
ₓ	Subscript letter X	2093 (8339)	`{}_{x}` (Variable)/`{}_{\text x}` (letter)	`<sup>x</sup>`
ₕ	Subscript letter H	2095 (8341)	`{}_{h}` (Variable)/`{}_{\text h}` (letter)	`<sup>h</sup>`
ₖ	Subscript letter K	2096 (8342)	`{}_{k}` (Variable)/`{}_{\text k}` (letter)	`<sup>k</sup>`
ₗ	Subscript letter L	2097 (8343)	`{}_{l}` (Variable)/`{}_{\text l}` (letter)	`<sup>l</sup>`
ₘ	Subscript letter M	2098 (8344)	`{}_{m}` (Variable)/`{}_{\text m}` (letter)	`<sup>m</sup>`
ₙ	Subscript letter N	2099 (8345)	`{}_{n}` (Variable)/`{}_{\text n}` (letter)	`<sup>n</sup>`
ₚ	Subscript letter P	209A (8346)	`{}_{p}` (Variable)/`{}_{\text p}` (letter)	`<sup>p</sup>`
ₛ	Subscript letter S	209B (8347)	`{}_{s}` (Variable)/`{}_{\text s}` (letter)	`<sup>s</sup>`
ₜ	Subscript letter T	209C (8348)	`{}_{t}` (Variable)/`{}_{\text t}` (letter)	`<sup>t</sup>`

Arrows and mathematical symbols

	Name	Unicode Hex (Dezimal)	\(\LaTeX{}\)	HTML
←	right-to-left arrow	2190 (8592)	`\leftarrow`	`←`
↑	up arrow	2191 (8593)	`\uparrow`	`↑`
→	left-to-right arrow	2192 (8594)	`\rightarrow`	`→`
↓	down arrow	2193 (8595)	`\downarrow`	`↓`
±	Plus/Minus	00B1 (177)	`\pm`	`±`
∓	Minus/Plus	2213 (8723)	`\mp`	`∓`
✕	Multiplication sign	2715 (10005)	`\times`	`છ`
√	Square root	221A (8730)	`\sqrt`	`√`
∫	Integral sign	222B (8747)	`\int`	`∫`
ℓ	small letter L in script	2113 (8467)	`\ell`	`ℓ`
∞	Infinity	221e (8734)	`\infty`	`&#infin;`

Further characters

In general you may use all Unicode characters available in Arial. Avoid non-standard whitespace, line breaks, and ligatures. Give umlauts in precomposed form and not decomposed using U+0308. For characters not listed here see List of Unicode blocks in Wikipedia or Unicode Consortium.

General remarks on the PDF file

If possible fill in the metadata fields of the PDF for author ("lastname, firstname") and title (the title as given in the database possibly followed by its translation separated by " / ") correctly. The upload form checks this and displays the metadata.

A suggestion for a LaTeX template for theses is available at the homepage of Philipp H. v. Loewenfeld. The TUM corporate design contains templates for final theses (in German) as well.

Should the PDF file become very large due to included high-resolution graphics it might be useful to optimize the file using Adobe Acrobat or Ghostscript (e. g. via gs -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -sOutputFile=output.pdf input.pdf).

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