Templates & Tools

R Packages for UHH Templates

Two R packages are available for the Department of Biology at Universität Hamburg, providing ready-to-use templates in the UHH corporate design:

  • UHHformats – R Markdown and Quarto templates for reports, assignments, and cheat sheets
  • UHHthesis – Templates for Bachelor and Master theses (as R package and as Quarto extension)

Both packages produce output documents in PDF, Word, and/or HTML directly from R Markdown or Quarto source files.

General guidance on writing and submitting your thesis (independent of the template) can be found under Resources → Theses.

UHHformats – Document and Report Templates

The UHHformats package provides ready-to-use R Markdown and Quarto templates following the University of Hamburg corporate design. The templates are suitable for lecture materials, reports, assignments, and cheat sheets.

Available Templates

Template Rmd Function Quarto Template
HTML Document html_doc() html_doc
Simple PDF pdf_doc() pdf_doc
PDF Report pdf_report() pdf_report
PDF Cheat Sheet pdf_cheatsheet() pdf_cheatsheet
Word Document word_doc() word_doc
NoteDocumentation

Detailed tutorials and examples can be found on the UHHformats website.

Installation

# Recommended: with pak
if (!require("pak")) install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("uham-bio/UHHformats")

# Alternatively: with remotes
if (!require("remotes")) install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("uham-bio/UHHformats", build_vignettes = TRUE)
  • For PDF output, a LaTeX distribution is required (e.g. TinyTeX): tinytex::install_tinytex()
  • For Quarto templates, the Quarto CLI is required.

Demo Files

R Markdown

Quarto

UHHthesis – Thesis Templates

Two tools are available for creating UHH-compliant Bachelor and Master theses, automatically fulfilling the MIN Faculty formatting requirements (title page, structure, declaration of authorship):

quarto-UHHthesis UHHthesis R Package
Framework Quarto Extension R Markdown / bookdown
Languages R, Python, Julia, Observable R
IDEs RStudio, Positron, VS Code, … RStudio
Installation Terminal (quarto use template) R (remotes::install_github)
Status ✅ Recommended ⚠️ Legacy, still usable
TipRecommendation

For new projects, we recommend the quarto-UHHthesis Extension, as Quarto is actively developed and offers more flexibility.

quarto-UHHthesis Extension

Quarto extension with templates for BSc and MSc theses in German and English. No R required – works with any programming language and any editor.

# English template
quarto use template uham-bio/quarto-UHHthesis/en

# German template
quarto use template uham-bio/quarto-UHHthesis/de
NoteDocumentation

Detailed tutorials can be found on the UHHthesis website:

UHHthesis R Package (Legacy)

R package based on R Markdown and bookdown with four templates (PDF and Word, DE/EN each). Still usable, but quarto-UHHthesis is recommended for new projects.

if (!require("bookdown")) install.packages("bookdown")
if (!require("remotes")) install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("uham-bio/UHHthesis", build_vignettes = TRUE)
NoteDocumentation

Tutorials and vignettes can be found on the UHHthesis website and directly in the package with vignette("uhhthesis-tutorial-en") or vignette("uhhthesis-tutorial-de").

Screenshot of thesis in PDF format (German and English)

Example thesis in PDF format in German and English

Example Files

Further Resources