[Tex/LaTex] Modify the title page of a template

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I am trying to add some information to the title page of a template which I downloaded. How can I add text below "John Smith", for instance a student number, or a subtitle above John Smith? The template is Short Sectioned Assignment by Frits Wenneker.

  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Short Sectioned Assignment
% LaTeX Template
% Version 1.0 (5/5/12)
%
% This template has been downloaded from:
% http://www.LaTeXTemplates.com
%
% Original author:
% Frits Wenneker (http://www.howtotex.com)
%
% License:
% CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%   PACKAGES AND OTHER DOCUMENT CONFIGURATIONS
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\documentclass[paper=a4, fontsize=11pt]{scrartcl}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
\usepackage{palatino}
\usepackage[english]{babel} 
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amsthm}

\usepackage{lipsum} % Used for inserting dummy 'Lorem ipsum' text into the template

\usepackage{sectsty}
\allsectionsfont{\centering \normalfont\scshape} 

\usepackage{fancyhdr} 
\pagestyle{fancyplain} 
\fancyhead[L]{\textsc{European Competition Law}}
\fancyhead[R]{\textsc{John Smith}} 
\fancyfoot[L]{}
\fancyfoot[C]{}
\fancyfoot[C]{- \thepage -} 
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt} 
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} 
\setlength{\headheight}{13.6pt} 

\fancypagestyle{noheader}{    
    \fancyhead{}
    \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
}

\numberwithin{equation}{section} 
\numberwithin{figure}{section} 
\numberwithin{table}{section} 

\setlength\parindent{0pt} 

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%   TITLE SECTION
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\newcommand{\horrule}[1]{\rule{\linewidth}{#1}} 

\title{ 
\normalfont \LARGE 
\textsc{University of Example - School of Management, Economics, Law, Social Sciences and International Affairs} \\ [25pt] 
\horrule{1pt} \\[0.4cm]
\huge European Competition Law 
\horrule{1pt} \\[0.5cm] 
}

\author{John Smith} 


\date{\normalsize\today} 


\begin{document}


\maketitle % Print the title
\thispagestyle{empty} 


\newpage
\end{document}

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The template already fiddles with the title, so, you are not doing any harm by adding few more lines as in

\title{
\normalfont \LARGE
\textsc{University of Example - School of Management, Economics, Law, Social Sciences and International Affairs} \\ [25pt] % Your university, school and/or department name(s)
\horrule{1pt} \\[0.4cm] % Thin top horizontal rule
\huge European Competition Law \\ % The assignment title
\horrule{1pt} \\[0.6cm] % Thick bottom horizontal rule adjust 0.6cm suitably
\Large This is a small sub title\\[0.5cm]  %% sub title, adjust \Large
}

\author{John Smith\\{\normalsize 123256}} % Your name and number

  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% Short Sectioned Assignment
% LaTeX Template
% Version 1.0 (5/5/12)
%
% This template has been downloaded from:
% http://www.LaTeXTemplates.com
%
% Original author:
% Frits Wenneker (http://www.howtotex.com)
%
% License:
% CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)
%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%   PACKAGES AND OTHER DOCUMENT CONFIGURATIONS
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\documentclass[paper=a4, fontsize=11pt]{scrartcl} % A4 paper and 11pt font size

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Use 8-bit encoding that has 256 glyphs
\usepackage{palatino} % Use the Adobe Utopia font for the document - comment this line to return to the LaTeX default
\usepackage[english]{babel} % English language/hyphenation
\usepackage{amsmath,amsfonts,amsthm} % Math packages

\usepackage{lipsum} % Used for inserting dummy 'Lorem ipsum' text into the template

\usepackage{sectsty} % Allows customizing section commands
\allsectionsfont{\centering \normalfont\scshape} % Make all sections centered, the default font and small caps

\usepackage{fancyhdr} % Custom headers and footers
\pagestyle{fancyplain} % Makes all pages in the document conform to the custom headers and footers
\fancyhead[L]{\textsc{European Competition Law}}
\fancyhead[R]{\textsc{John Smith}} % No page header - if you want one, create it in the same way as the footers below
\fancyfoot[L]{} % Empty left footer
\fancyfoot[C]{} % Empty center footer
\fancyfoot[C]{- \thepage -} % Page numbering for right footer
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.5pt} % Remove header underlines
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer underlines
\setlength{\headheight}{13.6pt} % Customize the height of the header

\fancypagestyle{noheader}{    %create style that allows to skip header manually on pages with new section
    \fancyhead{}
    \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
}

\numberwithin{equation}{section} % Number equations within sections (i.e. 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2 instead of 1, 2, 3, 4)
\numberwithin{figure}{section} % Number figures within sections (i.e. 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2 instead of 1, 2, 3, 4)
\numberwithin{table}{section} % Number tables within sections (i.e. 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2 instead of 1, 2, 3, 4)

\setlength\parindent{0pt} % Removes all indentation from paragraphs - comment this line for an assignment with lots of text

%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%   TITLE SECTION
%----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\newcommand{\horrule}[1]{\rule{\linewidth}{#1}} % Create horizontal rule command with 1 argument of height

\title{
\normalfont \LARGE
\textsc{University of Example - School of Management, Economics, Law, Social Sciences and International Affairs} \\ [25pt] % Your university, school and/or department name(s)
\horrule{1pt} \\[0.4cm] % Thin top horizontal rule
\huge European Competition Law \\ % The assignment title
\horrule{1pt} \\[0.6cm] % Thick bottom horizontal rule
\Large This is a small sub title\\[0.5cm]
}

\author{John Smith\\{\normalsize 123256}} % Your name


\date{\normalsize\today} % Today's date or a custom date


\begin{document}


\maketitle % Print the title
\thispagestyle{empty} %make title page header empty


\newpage
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Title page oddly centered

You can use geometry:

\documentclass[12pt, a4paper, titlepage, twoside, openright]{book}
\usepackage[pass]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}   %Figures management
\linespread{1.2}

\begin{document}
\newgeometry{margin=2cm}
\begin{titlepage}
\linespread{1}
\centering

{\Large\scshape Alma Mater Studiorum $\cdot$ Universit\`a di Bologna}

\rule[0.1cm]{15.8cm}{0.1mm}
\rule[0.5cm]{15.8cm}{0.6mm}

{\bfseries FACULTY OF ENGINEERING \\ Master degree in Electrical Engineering

\small Curriculum:\\ Electronic systems for information processing\par}

\vspace{15mm}

{\LARGE\bfseries Power consumption analysis\\
 for self diagnosis of\\
 Wireless Sensor Nodes\par}

\vspace{19mm}

{\large\bfseries Master thesis in Electronic Calculators M\par}

\vspace{40mm}

\begin{minipage}[t]{0.50\textwidth}
\bfseries Supervisors:\\
\large Prof. Tullio Salmon Cinotti \\ Dr. Syed Aly Aamer
\end{minipage}%
\hfill
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.47\textwidth}\raggedleft
\bfseries Author:\\
\large Claudio Bacchiani
\end{minipage}

\vfill

{\large\bfseries Session 1\\ Year 2011-2012}
\end{titlepage}
\restoregeometry

The rest of the document

\end{document}

The pass option won't change the default parameters of the class, but will allow to use \newgeometry.

Notice the simplifications in the input: \large and \bfseries are declarations, so they don't have arguments. Beware that \bf is obsolete.

A style remark: in Italian the given name goes always before the family name. Whoever says the contrary is simply a bureaucrat.

You might consider using the package frontespizio:

\documentclass[a4paper]{book}

\usepackage{frontespizio}

\begin{document}

\begin{frontespizio}

\Istituzione{ALMA MATER STUDIORUM $\cdot$ UNIVERSIT\`A DI BOLOGNA}
\Divisione{Faculty of Engineering}
\Scuola{Master degree in Electrical Engineering\\
  Curriculum:\\
  Electronic systems for information processing}
\Titolo{Power consumption analysis \\
  for self diagnosis of \\
  Wireless Sensor Nodes}
\Sottotitolo{Master thesis in Electronic Calculators M}

\Candidato{Claudio Bacchiani}
\Relatore{Prof. Tullio Salmon Cinotti}
\Relatore{Dr. Syed Aly Aamer}

\NCandidato{Author}
\NRelatore{Advisor}{Advisors}
\Piede{Session 1 \\ Year 2011--2012}

\Margini{2.5cm}{1cm}{2.5cm}{2cm}


\end{frontespizio}

[Tex/LaTex] Modify title page

Using authblk is a good idea, but it still exploits the standard \maketitle command, which centers. So we have to patch it.

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{authblk,etoolbox}

\makeatletter
% patch \maketitle so that it doesn't center
\patchcmd{\@maketitle}{center}{flushleft}{}{}
\patchcmd{\@maketitle}{center}{flushleft}{}{}
% patch \maketitle so that the font size for the title is normal
\patchcmd{\@maketitle}{\LARGE}{\normalsize}{}{}

% patch the patch by authblk so that the author block is flush left
\def\maketitle{{%
  \renewenvironment{tabular}[2][]
    {\begin{flushleft}}
    {\end{flushleft}}
  \AB@maketitle}}
\makeatother

% a couple of other settings
\renewcommand\Authands{ and }
\renewcommand\Authfont{\normalfont\normalsize}
\renewcommand\Affilfont{\normalfont\normalsize}

\begin{document}

%title and author details
\title{This is the title for my work}
\author[1]{Name1}
\author[1]{Name2}
\affil[1]{Address of author}
\date{} %remove date

\maketitle

\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

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As you can see, the title seems not to be sufficiently highlighted, so you may prefer to use something else in the third \patchcmd, for example \normalsize\bfseries or \large

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