CVs for academic applications
An admissions committee reads a CV for different things than an employer: grades and how they are reported, the thesis, research experience, publications, language certificates and references.
These guides cover master's and PhD applications, scholarships, motivation letters and the details that trip people up, such as converting a grade point average or listing a thesis.
- Academic CV vs job CV: the differences, and how to convert one into the other
How an academic CV differs from a CV for industry or a non-research job: length, publications, teaching, referees, and one researcher's facts written both ways.
- CV for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship: what each consortium asks
There is no single Erasmus Mundus CV. What the EU pages say, what three joint master's programmes ask (Europass, no CV, free CV), and sample rows.
- Fulbright CV: what the Turkish Fulbright Commission asks for
What the Fulbright Commission in Türkiye asks of your English CV: where it is uploaded, the 4-page PDF advice, the form fields it must match, a sample.
- How to write your GPA on a CV
How to write a GPA on a CV or resume: two decimals with the scale, no rounding, major and transfer GPAs, and how Turkish 4.00 grades map to 100.
- How to write a CV for a master's application, and what changes by country
How to write a CV for a master's programme: education first, grades with their scale, thesis and projects, and what six countries change in it.
- How to write a CV for a PhD application
What a PhD application CV needs: research experience with method and outcome, grades a reader abroad can judge, outputs, and what DAAD and ETH ask.
- How to write a postdoc CV for advertised posts and fellowships
How to write a postdoc CV for an advertised post or a fellowship: techniques, publications with your role, funding, and the MSCA and Humboldt rules.
- How to list publications on a CV
How to list publications on a CV: APA journal references, in press versus under review, preprints with versions, conference talks, and long lists.
- How to ask for a recommendation letter: whom, when and what to send
Whom to ask for a recommendation letter, when, what to send your referee, how Cornell, UCAS, DAAD and Fulbright collect letters, and the FERPA waiver.
- How to write a CV for a scholarship application
How to write a scholarship CV from the selection criteria, with what eight real calls (DAAD, Fulbright, Erasmus Mundus, Chevening, TÜBİTAK) ask of it.
- Statement of purpose vs personal statement: what each school asks for
How Berkeley, Cornell, LSE and UCAS define a statement of purpose and a personal statement, what goes in each, and a table that sorts one applicant's material.
- How to put your thesis or dissertation on a CV
Where a thesis or dissertation goes on an academic CV and on an industry resume, how to word its status before the defence, and how APA cites it.
- Academic CV for faculty jobs: lecturer and assistant professor applications
How to write a CV for lecturer and assistant professor posts: section order, grants, teaching, service, referees, and a Turkish faculty CV rebuilt for abroad.