How to email a professor for PhD scholarship

Muhammad Asad Ullah
3 min readOct 3, 2020

In the process of applying for a PhD or any research position. The first step is to find the relevant potential supervisor and contact by email in order to discuss your research interests.

“you never get a second chance to make a first impression”

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It is important to note that a good first impression can make wonders and lasts forever. It is up to your hand to make the first impression through email as remarkable as possible. This guideline will help you, how to contact the potential supervisor for PhD or any other research position.

If you’re motivated towards postgraduate studies, you need to identify your research branch and devote some time to finding the professors associated with this field of study. Usually, professors have their own academic pages and the best way to look at their work is on the university’s official website. It is worth noting that emailing a professor just by looking at the professor’s research, will not get any response or a positive response. You will have to spend a good amount of time in finding the professor’s previous work and on which project he is currently working on.

Before taking a deep dive into email format, clarify in your mind, keep the email body as short

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Muhammad Asad Ullah

I’m a Passionate Researcher, Writer, and a Lifelong learner.