For the sake of completeness, the repository linked to on the [wikibook page on title creation] has a similar example. Of course fonts and sizes are different, and more importantly the content, but it is a starting point.
The final one side document can be included in the real thesis paper. Custom margins for the title page are much easier to realise that way.

\documentclass{article}
%https://github.com/johannesbottcher/titlepageExamples/blob/master/jellyfish.tex
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{center}
\LARGE
{\bfseries University of Water World\par}
School of Atlantis\par
\vspace{4cm}
{\huge\bfseries Jellyfish -- Who needs them?\par}
{\small Seriously}
\vspace{3cm}
\par
\end{center}
\hfill\begin{minipage}{.5\linewidth}
\normalsize
a funny thesis paper brought to you by\par
\textsc{Carlos Pilkerton}\par
Enjoy reading
\end{minipage}
\vfill
\centering
\today
\end{document}