I am done with my thesis. I am trying to replicate the following thesis page in latex. I am having a lot of hard time doing it. 
I tried the following code but it is giving me the same look
$
\renewcommand{\maketitle}{
\thispagestyle{empty}
\vspace*{\fill}
\vspace{100pt}
\begin{center}
\Huge {title} \normalsize \\
\vspace{25pt}
Namel\\
\vspace{135pt}
\textsc{a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment\\
of the requirements for the degree of \\
\vspace{8pt}
degree \\
department \\
university \\
\vspace{10pt}
degreemonth, degreeyear}
\end{center}
\vspace*{\fill} }$
articleis not appropriate choice,more appropriate is to usereportorbookor similar classes (iv) many universities provide own "template" for thesis or provide advice, which one of "public" to use. – Zarko Jul 01 '18 at 03:35