About this template
Made with universities, colleges and graduate schools in mind, this Best Thesis Award helps you name a winner and make it official without starting from a blank page. Sorts Mill Goudy sets the title and Spectral carries the details, with a geometric pattern giving the page its character. It works just as well as a graduation certificate.
Suggested wording
Copy one of these lines into the certificate, then replace the words in brackets.
Awarded to [Name], winner of Best Thesis Award, [Year].
Highly commended: [Name], for [Entry title]. The judges were impressed.
Winner of Best Thesis Award: [Name]. Signed on behalf of the judging panel on [Date].
How to customise it
Click any line to change it: the recipient’s name, the wording, the date, for the thesis and the signatures. The design comes with three colour schemes (Bottle Green Buckram, Library Maroon and Navy Cloth), and every single colour can be changed. Need portrait instead of landscape, or US Letter instead of A4? Change it in one click. Text sizes adjust to fit, and you can choose another font for any line. Add your logo, a crest or a photo and drag it into place.
Printing tips
A cream, linen-textured paper of around 120 lb text (180 gsm) suits this classic layout. In the print dialog choose “Actual size” rather than “Fit”, so the border isn’t cropped. The background is dark, so a laser printer or a print shop will give the richest colour.
