1.4. Curriculum Vitae (CV) or Resume

The curriculum vitae (CV) is a comprehensive overview of your professional and academic experiences. While a resume is typically limited to one page, a CV can be as long as necessary (unless the online application says otherwise). Your experiences should be listed in reverse chronological order within each section (newest to oldest), and you should describe your experiences as you would in a resume.

For graduate school, you will want to include the following information:

• Contact information
• Education
• Research experience
• Teaching, mentoring, and/or tutoring experience
• Internships and/or professional experience
• Publications (if applicable)
• Presentations (if applicable)
• Honors and awards
• Volunteering experience
• Leadership and extracurricular experience
• Skills (e.g., laboratory skills/procedures/tools, programming languages, computer software/hardware)

Your experiences do not need to be listed in the order above, but it is common to begin with your contact information and education at the beginning of the CV.

As with your other documents, you are strongly encouraged to visit the career and/or writing centers at your institution for constructive feedback.