Dear Ahmad;

Dear Sir/Madam,

Prof.Dr.Ing;-------------------------------------------

I greatly appreciate the opportunity to supervised my Master research or (PHD) in Germany . ​ Through my experience, I have gained a wealth of experience which would be of benefit to my organization .

My main responsibilities are: ------------------------------------------, I use my engineering and people management skills daily. My role involves both the field of follow up all site works, evaluation assessment, requisition of supplies, materials, tools, and machineries for all activities in the project, follow up and coordinate with sub-contractors, prepared reports, prepared drawing, finance payment, data analysis, supervision for my team , follow-up construction and ------------------and I have people management skills and have trained colleagues in my team and local committees

- , I had an excellent experience working with NGOs for ------- years overseeing the implementation of different projects, during my work on different projects I have obtained a high level of supervisory skills , accountable resources allocation and understand more about the society needs.​

I would relish the opportunity of studying master degree with you to co-ordinate to the betterment status of the community. In line with your interests, I would hope that participation in Master program would provide opportunities to extend and apply my study and to expand my experience in the area of construction , water and environmental engineering.

I am aware of the excellent reputation of your agreement and it would be an honour to be part of such a well-respected team.

My interest in this area of ---------------- environmental management grew out of my life's experiences growing up in Egypt , I look forward to hearing from you, and having the opportunity to getting scholarship.

Please contact me to …---------------------​

Kind regards,

Ahmad

Attachment

1-CV

2-Motivation letter

3-research proposal

4-time table

Dear prof. @Mohamed Azab

Would you please recommend some names of researchers to ask them directly (if that is available for you).

because it is difficult to me to find researchers who can help me in that issue.

your reply and recommendations is highly appreciated

Dear Dr. Artur Braun

Your comment is very appreciated

Should I write his full name or only last name after "Dear Professor......"?

If there are any further advices, please let me know.

I failed twice to get a response from a supervisor (Denmark and France) to enroll in a funded PhD project. I think I will succeed in third attempt. Time going so fast and I am getting older.

Wish you good luck.

I think we should try to send our reasearch proposal to numerous professors who interested in the field of our proposal to get high chance to be accepted.

Dear Eng Mohammed M. Obeid

I hope you find a good scholarship soon, wish you all the best.

hello last name only

- check out what the profs you apply to are doing

- ask yourself what skills you have

- try to connect both

- if you can't, don't apply, you are wasting everyone's time

In my opinion firstly find professors which have mutual research interests with you, then send your proposal and previous works to them. If they are interested with your works, then you can ask about fund and ...

Google it. you ll find key ''pdf'' files addressing how to contact PhD supervisor

Dear Ahmed:

• Covering letter: Your covering letter should be truthful, sincere, formal and short - no more than a page of A4 in 12 pt simple font such as Times Roman. It should highlight the salient aspects of the professor's research and how your aspirations would dovetail into his/her expertise. The reader should be made to feel special, but without resorting to overt flattery. You should bring his/her significance and your relevance thereof. The covering letter should point to the following enclosures:
• Annexure 1: Your CV - should be short, succinct and to the point.
• Annexure 2: You might also like to enclose some of your past works to lend credibility to your claims
• Annexure 3: A brief one or two page proposal on how you would marry your skills to the professor's research area would be great

It would be good to send a hard copy since it would be on the professor's table and hence you won't go out of sight (and hence out of mind). The envelope should be of good quality and the papers should be bond sheets so that you lend certain amount of formality and seriousness in your appeal.

A follow-up email, or better, a phone call after a week or two would not be out of order. The key is temperance - do, but don't over do!

Only the bests to you!

Dear @Kay Smarsly

What about contents of "Cover letter" is that the same as the "Email Text" you have mentioned?

Please tell people from Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries not to write to professors in the U.S. and ask them to supervise a thesis. In the U.S. students must first apply to be be accepted in a graduate school, then take about 10 classes, and then find a professor to supervise their thesis. I am trying to explain this system from someone in Egypt who doesn't understand it.

Bunny Lee Paine-Clemes

Dear Dr. Bunny,

Are you sure that it goes like this in the US? perhaps the process is different in terms of the engineering projects that require PhD candidates. As I know from seniors, it goes like what Dr. Kay Smarsly said.

Best regards,

Orabi

I am so certain about the process in the U.S. that my educator husband and the administration at my college were stunned to hear that a student unconnected with my college had been asking me to sponsor his project. I have been teaching since 1967, and I have never heard of such a procedure. All U.S. students go through admissions with the school administration and THEN sign up for professors in various graduate classes. Near the very end, they then approach a professor they know about being a dissertation adviser.

The staff member in charge of advising and admissions told me to "ignore this person as he is not a student."

Is Dr. Smarsly a professor in the U.S.?

Thank you for the clarification. I only posted on this thread because a student from the Middle East seemed confused and was trying to apply for graduate school at my college by asking me to sponsor his dissertation project. The student was confused, and therefore those of us at the college were confused. I wanted to make sure that everyone understood not to tell students to apply for graduate school in the U.S. in this way.

Dear Dr. Bunny,

Refer to the above mentioned PHD query ,It is indeed good to know that there are different education actors in the EU universities and in the USA .

1-In most EU higher education systems, the student goes directly into a dissertation project.

2-In the US, students must first apply for admission to a graduate school, then take about ten lessons and then find a professor to supervise their doctoral thesis.

Prof.Dr. U.Badawy

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Lieber Dr. Bunny,

Es ist in der Tat gut zu wissen, dass in den EU-Universitäten und in den USA unterschiedliche Bildungsakteure bestehen.

In den meisten EU-Hochschulsystemen geht der Student direkt in ein Dissertationsprojekt ein. In den USA müssen sich die verschiedenen Studenten zuerst für die Aufnahme in eine Graduiertenschule bewerben, dann etwa Zehn Unterrichtsstunden belegen und dann einen Professor finden, der ihre Doktorarbeit betreut.

Thank you! I have learned an important difference between the US and the EU in this discussion.

Actually, the student wanted me to sponsor his dissertation. He sent me a one-page abstract. He found it difficult to understand that he couldn't just apply to a professor and start a dissertation immediately.

Artur Braun Exactly, what you have just explained is correct. In fact, when a students in particular, non-English speakers browse the website of such a university, they get lost with too much information and I think they prefer to contact professors directly. In the European countries, the system is easier and in the whole world, the students must register at a school for pursuing their PhD.

Oh, in wild Russia, everything is much simpler. No matter what door you knock, it is important with what. "The severity of laws is mitigated by the non-binding nature of their implementation."

That's really a nice question. People always get confuse before sending email to a professor for research supervision. In fact, writing email is very easy if you follow proper guidelines and try to demonstrate that you are a well qualified person for professor's research group. I am sharing two links,

1. How to Email a Professor for PhD and MS Scholarships https://www.studycatch.com/2019/05/how-to-email-a-professor/

2. Are You Going to Email a Professor for Scholarship? Read These 10 Points

https://www.studycatch.com/2019/06/email-a-professor-10-points/

These articles are worth reading and very helpful.

For getting admission in a funded PhD position in high ranked universities in Germany, direct talk (face to face) can maybe affect, first for non-European and second for non-German. Because they prefer giving positions to German students with priority.

To reach a positive answer, it is better to travel to Germany if possible and talk with the professor who you want to apply for his/her advertised position. Based on my experience and my close friends, you can rarely get admission just by email(s), unless that professor be completely familiar to you, or you write in your email that you are interesting to get a PhD position without fund and scholarship in his/her group and will surely pay all your expenses during your PhD. Nevertheless, you will have more hopefulness to be a PhD candidate there.

Reading your useful comments, I reached to the point that, getting a paid PhD position in Germany, USA, Australia or New Zealand etc is like stealing a baby from his/her mother. :D ..

All answers are very concrete and useful. In my personal opinion, writing an email to any professor towards a PhD. Application is just like any other application, imagine it like a job application. You should start with why you are interested in working with that particular professor, how your research area relates to theirs, what your skills are and how you have demonstrated them in the past, all in a few lines as professors generally don’t have much time to read very long, overly detailed emails.

If you’re applying with a specific research aspect in mind, or are proposing a particular project, explain briefly why they should select you for that project, basically highlighting your USP towards that preposition might do the job. Lastly, I would suggest to be polite, and appreciate the professor for taking time to read your email and thank them for their opinions, irrespective of the outcome.

I already completed PhD and i am looking for Post Doctoral studies in Tourism Management. Working with professor in my area of research area related to theirs. I am a lecturer in Tourism and related disciplines such as Events, Hospitality and Leisure studies