[Tex/LaTex] How to set title graphic on top of the title page for beamer

beamerformattingtitles

I want to set the name of university and its logo on top of title page (above the all titles). But positioning by using \vspace

  \titlegraphic{\includegraphics[width=2cm]{GerbKievUniversity}\hspace*  {0cm}\vspace*{5cm}}

doesn't make anything.

How to do that?

Best Answer

You can locally redefine the background template to include the information; something along these lines (I used two side-by-side \parboxes for the logo and the name of the University):

\documentclass{beamer}

\title{The Title}
\subtitle{The Title}
\author{The Author}
\date{\today}
\titlegraphic{}

\begin{document}

{
\setbeamertemplate{background}{%
  \raisebox{-1cm}{%
    \parbox[c]{3cm}{\centering%
      \includegraphics[width=2cm]{example-image-a}%
    }%
    \parbox[c]{\dimexpr\paperwidth-3cm\relax}{\centering%
      {\Large The Name of the University}%
    }%
  }%
}    
\begin{frame}
\maketitle
\end{frame}
}

\end{document}

The resulting title page:

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Remarks

Notice that the pair of braces surrounding the whole construct are required to keep the redefinition of the template local.
Feel free to change the settings according to your needs; in particular, depending on the theme used, you might need to change the value used in the \raisebox.

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\documentclass{beamer}

\author{Me}
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% logo of my university
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   \includegraphics[width=2cm]{logopolito}
}

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\begin{frame}
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\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Test 1}
test
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Test 2}
test
\end{frame}
\end{document}

I report the first two frames: