Need to make a box over my title

Question

how to make a box over my title? Just a box (like that one on the picture) on my titlepage?

kind regards

Answer 1

It can be done by a simple tabular using the full text width:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}%

\begin{document}
\noindent
\begingroup
  \bfseries
  \renewcommand*{\arraystretch}{1.2}%
  \begin{tabular}{|*{2}{p{.5\dimexpr\linewidth-4\tabcolsep-2\arrayrulewidth\relax}}|}
    \hline
    Received: & Approved: \\
              & Date: \\
              & Signature: \\
    (for the instructor) & \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}%
\endgroup
\end{document}

Remark:

• Package array changes the calculation regarding rules. I have added it to get independent, whether it is loaded (because it is always loaded).

Frame with \fbox

Similar, but with lines coming from \fbox:

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
\noindent
\fbox{%
  \bfseries
  \parbox{\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxsep-2\fboxrule\relax}{%
    \renewcommand*{\arraystretch}{1.2}%
    \begin{tabular}{@{} *{2}{p{.5\dimexpr\linewidth-2\tabcolsep\relax}} @{}}
      Received: & Approved: \\
                & Date: \\
                & Signature: \\
      (for the instructor) & \\
    \end{tabular}%
  }%
}

\medskip

\noindent
\fbox{%
  \bfseries
  \renewcommand*{\arraystretch}{1.2}%
  \begin{tabular}{@{} *{2}{p{.5\dimexpr\linewidth-2\fboxsep-2\fboxrule-2\tabcolsep\relax}} @{}}
    Received: & Approved: \\
              & Date: \\
              & Signature: \\
    (for the instructor) & \\
  \end{tabular}%
}
\end{document}

Remark:

• \parbox updates \linewidth to the current available width.