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+# ru-thesis
+Thesis (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.) Template for Reykjavík University in Iceland
+This is a refactoring attempt to massively simplify the Thesis and Project Report template used by our university.
+The old Overleaf verison is at https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/reykjavik-university-project-report-and-thesis-template/fwdnpmdvwqcj
+The old SVN repository is found at https://repository.cs.ru.is/svn/thesis-template/trunk/ruthesis/
+
+Please send pull requests and Issues for improvements/changes.