Free graduate and student CV templates
Designs that put your education and skills first, for students, school leavers and graduates looking for a first job, placement or graduate scheme.
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Graduate and student CV templates
Want more choice? See every design, from simple to creative. Your CV works in all of them.
Previews show made-up sample CVs. Yours will show your own details, in the colour and font you choose.
When a graduate CV template works best
When you have little work experience, your qualifications, projects and part-time jobs are your best evidence. These designs move education to the top, give skills a clear place and make a short work history look complete rather than thin.
Starter is made for school leavers and first part-time jobs, with grades up front. Cambridge puts a degree and skills side by side, and Bristol adds a colour header and a ticked skills list.
Put education first
Your degree, A levels or GCSEs are your strongest evidence for now. Add grades where they help, and a dissertation or project that fits the job.
Everything counts as experience
Part-time jobs, volunteering, placements, societies and sports teams all show something. Say what you did and what changed because of it.
Keep it to one page
One full page is better than two thin ones when you are starting out.
Tailor the profile
Name the job or scheme you are applying for, and one or two strengths you can back up.
Graduate and student CV templates: your questions
What should a student CV include?
Your contact details, a short profile, education with grades, any work or volunteering, skills and, if they help, interests. Leave out your age, date of birth and a photo.
Should education go before experience on a graduate CV?
Usually, yes, until your work experience is the stronger evidence for the job you want. These designs put education near the top for that reason.
Can I make a CV if I have never had a job?
Yes. School, clubs, volunteering and helping out all count. Our first CV tool asks a few easy questions and turns your answers into a proper CV.
Keep going
- CV examplesExample CVs by job and level, to borrow structure and wording from.
- Free CV checkerA CV Score out of 100 and the fixes to make first, in about 30 seconds.
- Make your first CVNever made one? Answer a few easy questions and we turn them into a CV.
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