Letter of recommendation, also known as reference letter, is a very important material in the study abroad documents, which is directly related to whether you can study abroad and get a scholarship. The recommendation letter mainly introduces the applicant's study or work to the admissions officer objectively through the tutor, professor or other relevant persons.

The contents of recommendation letters from referees with different identities shall include but not be limited to the following contents, and the recommenders shall explain the recommendation strength: pleasant recommendation, enthusiastic recommendation, strong recommendation and unreserved recommendation.

I. Leaders of work/internship units or colleagues at the same level

● Company name, business scope, company's position in the industry, individual's position and work content in the company, relationship with the applicant, etc.

● Recommend the applicant's working hours, an overview of the applicant's working experience in your company, including departments, positions and main job responsibilities.

● Pay attention to the major projects that the applicant has been engaged in, preferably related to the applied major, the major achievements that the applicant has achieved, or the problems encountered in the work and their solutions.

● Objectively evaluate the applicant's professional knowledge and skills, and describe how the applicant organizes and coordinates the decision-making and implementation of the project as a team leader, or how to actively participate, closely cooperate and offer suggestions as a team member.

● The applicant's professional ability and business development level reflected in his work, or his academic research activities and significance, or his published papers.

● Is the applicant familiar with and aware of the development trend of world scientific research in this field, closely following the development of scientific research, what are the important potentials, and what are the conditions for engaging in high-level degree courses?

● Shortcomings of the applicant.

● What do you think is the positive impact of studying abroad on the applicant's career? Does the applicant have a strong motivation to study?

● Other matters that you think deserve the attention of the admission committee.

2. Department heads, deans, principals, etc.

● Summarize the academic status and professional ranking of the school/college/department of the recommender in China.

● The administrative title and academic title of the referee, the professional field of scientific research, the relationship with the applicant, and the time and place of the applicant's study in the school/department/college.

● Recommend the school, major and degree course that the applicant is currently applying for.

● Have you personally taught the applicant or led the applicant to engage in scientific research activities? If yes, please describe your performance and achievements in the course (or scientific research project).

● The overall academic performance of the applicant (from the horizontal comparison, what is the ranking and GPA of his class or grade or department, and the outstanding aspects, the awards won in the study, it is best to explain the winning proportion of these awards.

In your opinion, in what important aspects has the applicant laid a good academic and scientific research foundation? What are his main professional qualities and excellent qualities?

● Extracurricular activities of the applicant, what position he has held, what student associations, collective activities or public welfare activities he has participated in, and what awards he has won.

● The English level of the applicant.

How to improve the applicant's shortcomings?

● What are the important academic potentials of the applicant? How can these potentials be brought into play through studying abroad? Whether the referee has personal experience can explain the necessity of studying abroad.

● Other matters that you think deserve the attention of the admission committee.

Three, professional teachers/thesis, graduation design tutor

● The relationship between referees and applicants. When did you guide the applicants to know the applicants during the thesis/experiment/design process?

The performance of the applicant in class, the achievement of this course, the ranking of this achievement in the whole class (department/grade), and the overall academic performance of the applicant.

What important aspects do you think the applicant has laid a good foundation in the professional field to be applied for?

● The applicant's academic level and ability to engage in scientific research, and what academic papers have been published when and where.

● Is the applicant familiar with the latest development of domestic/international academic circles in the professional field you want to apply for, and which departments/colleges/schools/cities/provinces/countries/international academic activities have you participated in, read papers or given speeches?

● The topic of the paper selected by the applicant, the significance of the topic, the method adopted, what problems have been solved, whether it has innovative or practical significance, and the grading and evaluation of the paper.

● What are the important academic qualities of the applicant (original opinions, authority of questioning and criticizing, informative materials, correct and effective methods, excellent logical thinking and reasoning ability, imaginative, solid professional knowledge, hands-on analysis and problem-solving ability, etc.)? )

● Other important advantages or specialties.

● What are the shortcomings of the applicant in academic and scientific research and how to improve them?

● Other matters that you think deserve the attention of the admission committee.

Fourth, others.

● The identity/title of the referee

● The relationship between the referee and the applicant, how to know it, and the familiarity.

● What university and major does the applicant apply for?

Briefly describe the experience of the recommended person (only related to the recommended person's field)

● Academic achievements (learning attitude, significance of publishing articles or works or graduation design), projects, work attitude and work performance.

List two or three excellent examples that the applicant has specifically engaged in.

● Summarize the applicant's professional quality and excellent quality from each case.

● Explain the importance of the applicant's major.

● Point out one or two shortcomings of the applicant and how to overcome them.

Description and explanation of the applicant's potential

As you can see, different letters of recommendation describe and emphasize the different qualities of the recommended person. The leader of the work unit should emphasize the work performance in the recommendation letter, and the teacher/tutor should emphasize the learning and scientific research ability. Therefore, we must consciously choose relevant qualities and integrate them into different letters of recommendation, and prove the applicant's quality with concrete examples and more conclusive data.

It should also be noted that the recommendation letter must be signed by the recommender at the end, and it is best for the recommender to send it directly to the school admissions office official or the dean of the school applying for admission. If it is sent by the recommended person, the recommendation letter can be sealed in an envelope, and the recommender will sign the envelope to show confidentiality. The letter of recommendation is marked on the front of the envelope, indicating that it is a letter of recommendation.

Transferred from Hang Shenyou's study abroad consultation Sina Weibo.