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Academic CV templates

Built for researchers, professors, and grad students. Structured for publications, grants, and academic experience.

An ATS-friendly resume template is a single-column (or carefully structured) layout with standard headings, real text instead of images, and no tables that scramble parsers such as Workday, Greenhouse, and Lever. Cover letters and academic CVs are Pro. Standard portfolio is on Free; Pro themes are Pro.

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Harvard Classic

Timeless Harvard-style layout — centered serif header, small-caps section titles with a rule, institution-bold / date-right hierarchy. Equally at home as a professional résumé or a full academic CV.

ClassicSerifOne ColumnATS Friendly

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Clean Pro

Text-only single-column layout inspired by top Figma community templates. Role title leads every entry, bold-only section labels with generous whitespace, and a single accent rule in the header. Equally sharp as a professional résumé or a full academic CV.

ModernMinimalOne ColumnATS Friendly

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Designer Column

2-col

Inspired by top Product & UX designer community templates. Bold full-width header on accent background, left sidebar with progress-bar skills and tools, right main column for experience and education. Perfect for designers, PMs, and creatives — adapts to academic CV with publications and research.

ModernTwo ColumnCreativeATS Friendly

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Classic Academic

Traditional academic CV with centered header, education-first ordering, and publication list. Ideal for humanities, social sciences, and academia.

ClassicSerifOne ColumnATS Friendly

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Modern Academic

Clean two-column header with accent rule. Education and publications first. Perfect for STEM, sciences, and research-focused roles.

ModernMinimalOne ColumnATS Friendly

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Modern Minimal

Single-column sans layout with accent rules and ATS-friendly flow.

ModernMinimalOne ColumnATS Friendly

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Classic Serif

2-col

Two-column résumé with a fixed sidebar and serif headlines.

ClassicTwo ColumnATS FriendlySerif

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Academic CV templates

Built for researchers, professors, and grad students. Structured for publications, grants, and academic experience.