Dear Sir or Madam:
Mr. Newman Song was one of the undergraduate students whom I taught and my research assistant in my research programs. My close contact with Mr. Song and my relatively deep understanding of his character and his academic performance qualify me as the most appropriate person to recommend this promising young man who is currently applying for a degree program at your university.
As adviser of Mr. Songs graduation design, I collaborated with him for more than one year. In this process, Mr. Song left a very deep impression on me. He possessed a profound understanding of the nature of mechanical engineering. Moreover, he is rigorous in his scientific mentality and perseverant in his research stamina. He distinguished himself from his fellow students by his exceptional capability in making important findings. All those precious qualities are incorporated in his graduation design.
For his graduation design, Mr. Song concentrated on The Surface Alloy Treatment of the Cylinder Piston Ring of Desert Vehicles by Laser, which was a major challenge for an undergraduate. The project involved a considerable amount of knowledge outside his area of specialization. In order to ensure the successful execution of the project, Mr. Song consulted a large amount of technical literature in those related fields and acquired all the necessary background knowledge for undertaking his research. The project called for substantial fieldwork and experimentation and Mr. Song tried his best to be meticulous in every detail. He was independently responsible for the laser treatment of the product, a crucial step in the entire project, and the subsequent sampling and testing. His personal efforts contributed importantly to the final consummation of the program.
Equally impressive is Mr. Songs innovative spirit. During the research, he came up with quite a few valuable and constructive suggestions. I incorporated almost all of his suggestions into the actual research. The effectiveness of those important advices has been fully demonstrated in practice. Another important factor that contributed to his research success is his readiness to cooperate with others. He is adept at interpersonal communications coordination. Consequently, all the problems that occurred in the process were smoothly and speedily worked out.
On the basis of his heretofore prominent performance, I fully believe that Mr. Song is replete with potentials which will enable him to adapt to his future academic environment at your university. With all the excellent research facilities and invaluable instructions by the renowned professors that your university provide,
Yours Faithfully
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Supervisor of Ph. D Program
Tsinghua University
Dear Sir or Madam,
At the request of Mr. Muller Zhang, I am pleased to write this letter of recommendation in support of his application for admission to graduate study at your university. I am a senior professor specialized in the field of criminology for over 30 years, and have once pursued advanced studies in the University of Leicester in Great Britain. As the dean of the Department of Public Security at the University of Public Security, I have a close understanding of Mr. Zhang‘s academic capability.
It was at the period of freshmen‘s military training that Mr. Muller Zhang first drew my attention. For all the arduous and exhausting military training, he continued to self-study at his spare time after conscientiously completing all the assigned training tasks. What strongly impressed me and was generally acknowledged to all the other teachers in our department was his intense craving for knowledge, the extraordinary diligence and perseverance demonstrated all through his four-year college life in his studies, and his outstanding academic performance. When he was a junior, I delivered the course of Studies of Accident Prevention to him and his class, which gained me a better and an all-round understanding of him. Mr. Zhang has a powerful ability of self-study, which enabled him to grasp what I taught within a short time, and put forward his own viewpoints after he consulted and finished reading a vast literature written in English with good combination of domestic research findings. Thus, he has enlarged his scope of knowledge and improved his ability to analyze and solve practical problems to a greater extent. He could always come up with novel ideas which were greatly appreciated and highly commended. Mr. Zhang is exceedingly interested in criminology, spending most of his spare time studying the specialized books in the library. Moreover, his proficient English was of great help for him to self-study those books in the original related to his professional knowledge. His industry finally brought about a series of honors to him, consecutively receiving scholarships of first and second prizes. One point deserves merit is that Mr. Muller Zhang has exhibited an overwhelming ability of organization, marvelous leadership, a keen teamwork spirit and an excellent and harmonious relationship with people around him.
The idea of pursuing advanced studies abroad sprung up to him at his third academic year. He had discussed the matter with me to seek for my advice. As far as he is concerned, China‘s present research studies in the field of criminology still have some defects. Thus it is important and necessary that he pursue further studies abroad so as to broaden his horizon and enlarge his scope of knowledge. He is yearning for his pursuing his graduate studies in the specialty of crime, deviance and control at the London School of Economics and Political School (LSE). My full support of him, in a way, has helped him to confirm his decision and redouble his continuous efforts to make his dreams a reality. Mr. Zhang distinguished himself from his classmates in his English studies. His success in passing the CET-4 and CET-6 as a sophomore student didn‘t lessen his enthusiasm for English studies, instead he still kept at it each day. I think his good command of English in the four fundamental skills will greatly facilitate his studies in your university. Recently he has got a fairly high mark of 643 in the TOEFL examination, which cannot be separated from his industriousness.
I greatly encourage him to pursue his own dreams, and firmly believe that he is bound to achieve remarkable success and realize the true value of his life in his future academic studies and researches. I have full confidence in that he will surely acquit himself splendidly and make his own contributions in this field with his meticulous attitude in scientific studies and his persevering and enterprising spirit. Thus, I am enthusiastic to offer myself as his referee. Your favorable consideration of his application will be most appreciated. Should you have questions, please feel free to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
prof. dr. 0000
leiden institute of chemistry
p.o.box 9502
2300 ra leiden
the netherlands
phone:(+31)
fax:(+31) 0000
dear prof. dr.0000
i take great pleasure in writing a letter of recommendation for dr. 0000 to support his application for a postdoctoral position in your lab.
dr. 00 is an outstanding graduate student working for the m.s. degree under my supervision. in my contact with him in the university, his creativity and attitude to research work gave me deep impression. he always proposed new ideas on his research and could resolve problems by himself, i was very satisfied with him.
dr 00 has been working on molecular luminescence research about six years. as i know, most of his researches have been concentrated on bioanalytical chemistry in his master’s work, such as protein and nucleic acids assays etc. in these fields, dr. 00 has strong background and research ability. he has and would be published several papers in international journals. i am often interested in reading his papers in publication and discussing with him. i am very appreciated of his research ability.
dr 00 also possesses very fine character. he is a devoted research worker. he works on weekends. he is an honest and smart, reliable and responsible person, and is very cooperative too.
based on these qualities, i believe this young man will achieve greater academic success in his future work. therefore, i strongly support his application, and it would be greatly appreciated if you could give him your favorable consideration.
please feel free to contact me if i can answer any additional questions about 0000. my address is as follows:
professor 0000
university
p. r. china
your sincerely
0000
professor of analytical chemistry