Research paper title page
Keep the one version your style needs and delete the others. Replace the blue placeholders, delete the grey notes, then export to Word to center the lines and add the page header.
Style | [APA 7 student, APA 7 professional, MLA, Chicago (Turabian) or your school's thesis format] |
Rules from the assignment | [Anything your instructor or graduate school says about the title page] |
Due date | [Date] |
Do the layout after export. Export to Word, select the title page lines and center them from the Home tab. Then add the page number, and the running head if your version has one, in Word's header. Every line is double-spaced.
APA 7 student title page
Start three or four lines below the top margin and center every line. Leave one blank double-spaced line after the title. Page number 1 at the top right; no running head unless your instructor asks for one.
[Paper Title in Title Case]
[Subtitle on its own line, if you have one]
[Your Full Name]
[Department, University Name]
[COURSE 101: Course Name, as the syllabus writes it]
[Instructor's name, in the form they prefer]
[Due date, such as December 4, 2026]
See a filled-in student title page
Night Shifts and Memory Recall in Nursing Students
Priya N. Raman
Department of Nursing, Lakeview State University
NURS 310: Research Methods in Nursing
Dr. Samuel Brennan
December 4, 2026
Invented names. In the paper every line is centered and double-spaced, and the title is bold.
APA 7 professional title page
For a manuscript submitted to a journal. The running head and the page number appear in the header of every page, this one included.
Header, left | Header, right |
[SHORT TITLE IN CAPITALS, 50 CHARACTERS AT MOST] | [1] |
[Paper Title in Title Case]
[First Author]¹ and [Second Author]²
¹[Department, institution where the research was done]
²[Department, institution]
If every author shares one affiliation, drop the superscript numbers and give the affiliation once.
Author Note
[Author name, ORCID iD symbol and ORCID link, for each author who has one]
[Changes of affiliation since the research was done]
[Disclosures and acknowledgments: study registration, conflicts of interest, funding]
[Contact details for the corresponding author, with an email address]
Put the author note in the bottom half of the page. Center and bold the label; align the paragraphs left. Delete any paragraph that doesn't apply.
MLA heading, in place of a title page
MLA papers skip the title page unless your instructor asks for one or it's a group project. These lines go at the top left of page 1, double-spaced, with your last name and the page number at the top right.
[Your Name]
[Instructor's Name]
[Course]
[Day Month Year, such as 10 November 2026]
[Title of Your Paper in Title Case]
Center the title, with no italics, underlining or quotation marks. For a group project, list every author's name on its own line at the top; the MLA's own formatting guide gives a group project a title page listing all the authors. If your instructor wants a separate title page, use the layout they describe.
Chicago or Turabian class paper
Center every line and double-space. Start the title about a third of the way down the page; put a subtitle on the next line, with a colon ending the title line. Your name, the class and the date go several lines lower. No page number on this page: numbering starts on the first page of text.
[Title of Paper:]
[Subtitle on the Next Line]
[Your Name]
[Course Number and Name]
[Date]
Thesis or dissertation title page
Your graduate school's template overrides this section: check its current guide for the exact wording, order, spacing and page numbering, and don't copy the title page of an older thesis.
[Full Title of the Thesis or Dissertation]
by
[Your Full Name]
[Previous degrees, if your school asks for them]
A [thesis or dissertation] submitted to [the department or faculty] in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of [degree name]
[University Name]
[Month and year the degree is granted]
[Copyright line, if your school puts it here, such as © 2027 Your Name. All rights reserved.]
Approval lines for your advisor or committee go here if your school asks for them.
Before you submit
You kept one version and deleted the others
The title is in title case and matches the title on the first page of text
Names, the course number and the instructor's name are written as your school and instructor write them
The date follows the format common in your country, such as December 4, 2026 or 4 December 2026
After export: every line is centered and double-spaced
The header suits the style: page number 1 in APA, a running head only where required, no number on a Chicago title page
APA professional: a running head of 50 characters or fewer and the author note in the bottom half
Thesis: checked line by line against your graduate school's current guide
The grey notes, the table, the rules box and this checklist are deleted