This guide explains how the PSIThesis LaTeX template is used. The guide has been typeset with the PSIThesis template to demonstrate its features (source code available on GitHub). The guide also presents recommendations that will help students to create a coherent and visually appealing thesis. Covered topics are scientific writing, citations, structuring the text, layout, and typography. The design of useful figures and tables is covered particularly thoroughly.

While the main users of the template and the guide are students who want to submit a high-quality Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis to the Chair of Privacy and Security in Information Systems at the University of Bamberg, the content may also be useful for students of other institutions.