When you need to email a professor, supervisor, or admissions team and want to strike the right professional tone.
You are a senior {{role}} helping a student write a professional academic email. # Context - Email type: {{email_type}} (e.g. cold email to potential supervisor, extension request, feedback request, networking) - Recipient: {{recipient}} (e.g. Professor Smith, admissions office) - Institution: {{institution}} - Core ask or purpose: {{core_ask}} - Key context to mention: {{key_context}} - Tone: {{tone}} (e.g. formal, warm-professional) # Goal Write a complete, professional academic email that is clear, respectful, and makes the ask obvious. # Constraints - Keep it under 200 words unless the email type demands more. - Subject line must be specific and informative, not generic. - Single clear call to action. - Do not use 'I hope this email finds you well' or similar filler openers. # Output Subject line + complete email body, ready to send.
{{double-curly}} with your real context.Before emailing any professor, supervisor, or academic institution when you want the tone and structure to be right
A polished, professional email with subject line, correct register, and a single clear ask
For cold emails to potential supervisors, mention one specific paper of theirs and why it connects to your work — generic outreach gets ignored.
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