Changing University Name in gatech-thesis Document Class

Question

I am trying the write a thesis using the gatech-thesis document class, but it keeps saying Georgia Institute of Technology in various places across the document. How can I change it to say the name of another university? The class file can be found here.

Answer 1

Find the following code in gatech-thesis.cls file:

\newcommand{\title@text}{
  \begin{center}
    \ifthesisproposal
       A Thesis Proposal\\
       Presented to\\
       The Academic Faculty\\
    \else
       A \ifdissertation Dissertation\else Thesis\fi\\
       Presented to\\
       The Academic Faculty\\
    \fi
    \ \\
    by\\
    \ \\
    {\@author}\\
    \vspace*{1.1in}
    In Partial Fulfillment \\
    of the Requirements for the Degree \\
    {\@degree} in
    \iflistmajor
       \\ {\@major}\\
       \vfill
       {\@department}\\
    \else
       the\\ {\@department}\\
       \vfill
    \fi
       Georgia Institute of Technology\\%
    {\@submitdate}%
    \ifcopyright
      \\ \vspace*{.3in}% one line + 0.3in
      Copyright \copyright\ {\@copyrightyear} by {\@author}
    \fi
  \end{center}
}

Change the Georgia Institute of Technology to whatever you want.

Answer 2

that is hardcoded in the class file. You have to redefine the title macro:

\documentclass[12pt]{gatech-thesis}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\title@text{
  \begin{center}
    \ifthesisproposal
       A Thesis Proposal\\
       Presented to\\
       The Academic Faculty\\
    \else
       A \ifdissertation Dissertation\else Thesis\fi\\
       Presented to\\
       The Academic Faculty\\
    \fi
    \ \\
    by\\
    \ \\
    {\@author}\\
    \vspace*{1.1in}
    In Partial Fulfillment \\
    of the Requirements for the Degree \\
    {\@degree} in
    \iflistmajor
       \\ {\@major}\\
       \vfill
       {\@department}\\
    \else
       the\\ {\@department}\\
       \vfill
    \fi
%       Georgia Institute of Technology\\%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
        My University\\                  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    {\@submitdate}%
    \ifcopyright
      \\ \vspace*{.3in}% one line + 0.3in
      Copyright \copyright\ {\@copyrightyear} by {\@author}
    \fi
  \end{center}
}

\makeatother
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,latexsym,float,epsfig,subfigure}
\title{The Elements of Thesis}
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