[Tex/LaTex] Vertical Alignment of Minipage

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I have a question, I'm using the following setup for a title page:

\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}
\textsc{\LARGE University Name}\\[1.5cm]
\textsc{\Large Bachelor thesis}\\[2cm]
{ \huge \bfseries Title of the thesis}\\[3cm]
\begin{minipage}{0.4\textwidth}
\begin{flushleft} \large
\emph{Author:}\\
 Me\\[0.5cm]
\emph{Student ID:}\\
mine\\[0.5cm]
\emph{Adress:}\\
mine\\[0.5cm]
\emph{Email:}\\
mine
\end{flushleft}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{0.4\textwidth}
\begin{flushright} \large
\emph{Supervisor:} \\
mine
\end{flushright}
\end{minipage}
\vfill
{\large \date{15. Juni 2011}}
\end{center}
\end{titlepage}

If I run it, the "supervisor" line of the right column does not align with "Author", but rather with the middle of the left column. However, I would like it to be up, with the first item of the left column. How do I do this?

Thanks a lot

Best Answer

Use the optional argument for the two minipages:

\begin{minipage}[t]{0.4\textwidth}

here's how it should look

\documentclass{report}

\begin{document}

\begin{titlepage}
\begin{center}
\textsc{\LARGE University Name}\\[1.5cm]
\textsc{\Large Bachelor thesis}\\[2cm]
{ \huge \bfseries Title of the thesis}\\[3cm]
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.4\textwidth}
\begin{flushleft} \large
\emph{Author:}\\
 Me\\[0.5cm]
\emph{Student ID:}\\
mine\\[0.5cm]
\emph{Adress:}\\
mine\\[0.5cm]
\emph{Email:}\\
mine
\end{flushleft}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.4\textwidth}
\begin{flushright} \large
\emph{Supervisor:} \\
mine
\end{flushright}
\end{minipage}
\vfill
{\large \date{15. Juni 2011}}
\end{center}
\end{titlepage}

\end{document}

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