thesis.tex

\input{commands}

\DefineBibliographyStrings{english}{%
    andothers = {\em et\addabbrvspace al\adddot}
}
%adding the bibtex file name
\addbibresource{thesis.bib}

% Use this for adding a title page already rendere©d as pdf (with graphics as prescribed by your university)
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\begin{document}
\includepdf[pages=-]{chapters/title/title_page}

% Adding content like the abstract, toc, and so on.
\frontmatter
\input{chapters/abstract/abstract}
\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\listoftables

% The meat of your thesis, the different chapters
\mainmatter
\input{chapters/chap_1/chap_1}
\input{chapters/chap_2/chap_2}
\input{chapters/appendix/appendix}

%Bibliography and stuff after your main text (Acknowledgements, CV, publications, etc.)
\backmatter
\chapter*{Bibliography}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Bibliography}
\markboth{Bibliography}{Bibliography}
\printbibliography[heading=none]
%Stuff to be included after the bibliography
\input{chapters/acknowledgements/acknowledgements}
\end{document}