cauc-thesis

A LaTeX template for the undergraduate graduation thesis / design of the Civil Aviation University of China (中国民航大学本科毕业设计（论文）).

Unofficial template, maintained against the 2025 official format sample (2025 年制格式样本). All formatting lives in cauc_thesis.cls, fully separated from the author's content.

Requirements

• TeX Live 2022 or newer, compiled with the XeLaTeX engine.
• The bundled CJK fonts and the gbt7714-2015-numerical bibliography style ship with TeX Live 2022+, so no extra installation is required.
• Not compatible with the CTeX distribution (MikTeX backend); use TeX Live.

Quick start

1. Fill in your information. Edit the \documentclass[...] options at the top of main.tex:

   \documentclass[
       StudentName   = 张三,
       StudentID     = 2021XXXXXXXX,
       AdvisorName   = 李四,
       Grade         = 2021,
       Major         = 飞行技术,
       Department    = 飞行学院,
       ThesisType    = design,          % design = 毕业设计, thesis = 毕业论文
       Title         = 论文中文题目,
       TitleEng      = {{English Title}},
       SubmitYear    = 二〇二六,          % cover page 1 (Chinese numerals)
       SubmitMonth   = 五,
       SubmitYearNum = 2026,             % cover page 2 (Arabic numerals)
       SubmitMonthNum= 5,
   ]{cauc_thesis}

2. Write your content under tex/. Comment or uncomment the matching \include{tex/chNN} lines in main.tex to control which chapters compile.

3. Add figures to figures/ and reference them with \includegraphics{filename} (no path needed). Maintain citations in reference.bib and cite with \cite{key}.

4. Academic-integrity statement (optional). Scan the signed statement to figures/integrity_commitment.pdf; it is included by main.tex via \includepdf.

Building

latexmk (recommended)

latexmk        # run in the project root; reads .latexmkrc (XeLaTeX + BibTeX)

TeXstudio

Set the build command to XeLaTeX (Options -> Configure -> Commands, or change -pdf to -xelatex for latexmk), then press F5. After adding a new citation, run the full sequence once: XeLaTeX -> BibTeX -> XeLaTeX -> XeLaTeX.

Directory layout

cauc-thesis/
├── main.tex                     # Root document — edit personal info here
├── cauc_thesis.cls              # Template engine (all formatting; rarely edited)
├── reference.bib                # Bibliography database (BibTeX)
├── gbt7714-2015-numerical.bst   # GB/T 7714-2015 numeric bibliography style
├── .latexmkrc                   # latexmk configuration (XeLaTeX + BibTeX)
├── tex/                         # Thesis body — write your content here
│   ├── abstract_zh.tex          #   Chinese abstract  + \keywords{...}
│   ├── abstract_en.tex          #   English abstract  + \ekeywords{...}
│   ├── ch01.tex … ch05.tex      #   Chapters (format sample provided)
│   ├── acknowledgement.tex      #   Acknowledgements
│   └── appendix.tex             #   Appendices (optional)
├── figures/                     # Thesis figures (PNG / JPG / PDF)
├── pic/                         # Template images (pic3.png = school emblem)
└── fonts/                       # Bundled CJK fonts (SimSun / SimHei / KaiTi / LiSu)

Common commands

Abstract and keywords:

\begin{cabstract}
    摘要正文……
    \keywords{关键词1；关键词2；关键词3}
\end{cabstract}

\begin{eabstract}
    Abstract text...
    \ekeywords{Keyword1; Keyword2; Keyword3}
\end{eabstract}

Three-line table:

\begin{table}[htbp]
    \caption{表标题}
    \label{tab:example}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{lcc}
        \toprule
        列1 & 列2 & 列3 \\
        \midrule
        数据 & 数据 & 数据 \\
        \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
\end{table}

Citation:

如文献\cite{key}所示……   % renders as: 如文献[1]所示……

Bibliography

The template uses the GB/T 7714-2015 numeric style (gbt7714-2015-numerical). Zotero is recommended for managing references and exporting BibTeX into reference.bib.

Credits

Based on the initial version by Qin Shaomeng (秦绍萌, School of Science) and the subsequent rewrite by dengjon, restructured and maintained here as a self-contained single-class template.

License

Released under the MIT License.