Dear Dr.

___________,
Hope you are fine. I am a Bangladeshi student, undergraduated with
_____(subject)_______. I am willing to pursue my graduate study in _______(name of the
department and university)__________. Amid my pursuit, I found that you are interested in
researching _________(desired topic)_______.
I took interest in _________(desired topic)_______ when (Select one of the following two
or both)—–
1. my undergraduate supervisor gave me the chance to work on ____(may be your honors
project paper or thesis topic)_____. [If you have a published or accepted paper with this,
mention here. If you want to talk about some of his papers, this is the place]
2. I took ________(name of the course that you had in your honors syllabus)______.[If you
got better marks in these courses, mention here]
My credentials are as follows-
Undergraduate CGPA : ………….
Revised GRE score: ……………..[if not taken yet, mention that you are registered to take the
test]
TOEFL score : ……………………[if not taken yet, mention that you are registered to take the
test]
Publication number: ……………..[if any]
If you are considering employing research assistant for this Fall/Spring, I would be grateful if
I could earn that position and learn more on ______(desired research topic)______ in my
graduate study.
Regards…..
______Your name________
____Academic details_____
____Phone number_______