Academic CV Template

For lecturers and professors: publications, grants, teaching and service. Start from the full example below: change anything, and download a PDF that looks exactly like the preview. Free, with no signup and no watermark.

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Paper: A4 (US Letter available)
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How to write a Academic CV

Publications, grants and teaching carry the most weight.
List publications in a consistent citation style, newest first.
Length is not a problem: an academic CV grows with your career.

Academic CV example

The full example this template opens with. Everyone in it is fictional; replace each part with your own details, and delete what does not apply.

Dr. Amina Yusuf

Assistant Professor of Public Health

dr.amina.yusuf@example.com · +254 722 555 614 · Nairobi, Kenya · linkedin.com/in/draminayusuf

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, School of Public Health — University of Nairobi, Nairobi2021 – Present

Postdoctoral Fellow — London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London2019 – 2021

Education

PhD, Epidemiology — University of Cape Town, Cape Town2015 – 2019

Thesis: “Maternal nutrition and birth outcomes in informal settlements”

MPH — University of Nairobi, Nairobi2012 – 2014

Publications

Maternal anaemia and low birth weight in Nairobi’s informal settlements: a cohort study — The Lancet Global Health, 12(4): e601–e6102024

Yusuf A, Otieno P, Smith J.

Food insecurity during pregnancy in urban Kenya — BMC Public Health, 23: 11842023

Yusuf A, Kamau N.

Cash transfers and antenatal care attendance: a quasi-experimental study — Social Science & Medicine, 301: 1149202022

Otieno P, Yusuf A, Mwangi G.

Grants

Wellcome Trust Early-Career Award (£420,000) — Principal investigator2022 – 2026

NIH Fogarty Global Health Fellowship — Co-investigator2019 – 2021

Teaching

Epidemiological Methods (MPH) — Course lead, 80 students a year2021 – Present

Biostatistics I (BSc) — Lecturer2021 – Present

Awards

Young Investigator Award — East African Public Health Association2023

Languages

English (Fluent) · Swahili (Native) · Somali (Native)

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How it works

Open the example

Press “Use this template” and the Academic CV example opens in the editor, with the preview beside it.

Make it yours

Type over each part, delete what you do not need and add sections. Bold, italic and underline work in every description.

Download the PDF

The file is exactly the preview, with real text that applicant tracking systems can read.

Frequently asked questions

Is this Academic CV template free?

Yes. Editing, every design and the PDF download are free, with no signup, no watermark and no payment step at the end.

Do I have to use the example?

No. “Use this template” opens the example ready to edit; “Start empty” keeps the Academic CV design with empty fields. Either way, every section can be renamed, hidden, reordered or removed.

Can I switch to another design later?

Yes. Your details stay exactly as they are when you switch to any of the other 53 CV types, and colour, font, text size and paper size can be changed at any time.

Where is my CV kept?

On this computer only, so it is still there when you come back. It is never sent to us or stored on a server. “Save a copy” makes a file you can open on another computer.

Good to know: Text in Latin-alphabet languages only (English, Vietnamese and European languages); Bangla, Devanagari, Arabic and CJK characters are not supported yet. The download is a PDF; there is no Word version. Your details are kept on this computer until you remove them.

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