Email Templates for You & Your Professor

how to email your professor

5/25/2016

A past professor encouraged us to reformat our emails to busy supervisors. Often we start with pleasantries, and hide our true purpose for emailing in a body of text or at the bottom of the email. Get to the point with these templates.

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How to email your professor without wasting their time | Bailey DeBarmore

To an advisor:
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Dr. XYZ,

Hope you had a good (weekend, holiday, vacation, week). I’d like to schedule a meeting with you to discuss my (plans after graduation, course schedule, research project). I can set it up with your assistant if that is easiest.

Thanks,
Your First Name
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Cold calling or networking:
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Dr. XYZ,

I enjoyed your recent article, “Title” in (Journal). I graduated from University of Y in YEAR and have been working at Company A on topic z the past few years. I’d like to set up a time to discuss your (career path, research opportunities) in person (over the phone).

Thanks for your time,
Your Full Name

Signature with credentials and contact information
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Another tip is to write out your email draft as you normally would, then re-reading it, realize that the last sentence is the most important, cut and paste it to the beginning, then send.

That's all folks.
BD