\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{paralist}
\usepackage{geometry}
	\geometry{left=2.5cm, right=2.5cm, top=2.5cm, bottom=2cm}
\usepackage[onehalfspacing]{setspace}

% TODO: Change Variables
\def\paperauthor{Jirayu Ruh}
\def\papertitle{Title}
\def\paperthesis{Thesis}
\def\paperdate{Due Date}
% TODO: Change Word Count
\def\paperwordcount{Word Count}

\pagestyle{fancy}

\lhead{}
\rhead{\paperauthor}

\lfoot{}
\cfoot{\thepage}
\rfoot{}

\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{5}

\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}

\begin{document}

\begin{titlepage}
	\centering
	{\LARGE \textbf{\papertitle} \par}
	\vspace{2cm}
% TODO: Change depending on language
	{\Large \textbf{These:} \par}
%	{\Large \textbf{Thesis:} \par}
	{\Large \textbf{\paperthesis} \par}
	\vspace{2cm}
	{\Large Jirayu Ruh\par}
	\vspace{0.5cm}
	{\Large \paperdate \par}
	\vspace{5cm}
	{\Large Word count: \paperwordcount}
\end{titlepage} 

\section{Title}

% TODO: Begin your paper here.

\end{document}