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Academic CV Template for PhD & Faculty Jobs
Academic CV template for Word and Google Docs: two filled CVs (assistant professor and PhD job market), a blank template in the same layout, a European 2-page short CV and a guide that shows what goes in each section.
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What's inside
- Academic_CV_European_2_Page_Example_and_Blank.docx
- Academic_CV_Examples_Faculty_and_PhD_Job_Market.docx
- Academic_CV_Guide_Section_Order_and_Checklist.docx
- Academic_CV_Template_Blank.docx
What is inside:
- Faculty CV example, 3 pages, 14 sections: appointments, education, publications by type, grants, awards, invited talks, conference presentations, teaching, mentoring, service, memberships, skills, references
- PhD job market CV example, 2 pages: dissertation, advisor and expected defense date right at the top
- Blank template: every field in [brackets] says what goes in it
- European 2-page short CV (A4), example and blank: the order many funders use, with a career breaks section (reason, dates, months)
- Guide (4 pages): section order for PhD candidates, postdocs and faculty, how to write publication, grant and teaching lines, US vs UK vs European CVs, and a 12-point check before you send
Built the way committees read: dates in a left column, your name bold in every citation, students marked with *, and role, funder and amount on every grant line. Section headings stay with their first entry, so no heading is left alone at the bottom of a page. One column with no text boxes or icons that break in application portals.
Who it is for: PhD students on the job market, postdocs, faculty preparing a tenure file, and fellowship applicants.
Edit with: Microsoft Word, Google Docs (File > Open > Upload), Apple Pages or LibreOffice.
Format: US Letter CVs plus an A4 European short CV. 4 Word (.docx) files. All example people, universities and journals are made up.
- Fill-in guide in every file: a “Fill in with AI” chapter with ready-made sentences for an AI chat assistant, matched to the template’s fields
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A template you fill in yourself — not legal or tax advice.