Learn English – What should be the subject line to use in an email asking to join a research lab

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I'm interested in joining one of the research labs in my university and I would like to arrange a meeting with a professor or visit his lab office to discuss if I could join his lab. But I do not know if what I have been using sounds natural and if I have been using it wrongly.

What could be the possible subject lines of the email? Does the following sound natural? Or what could be other better subject lines?

  • Question about joining your lab
  • May I come to you office to discuss the possibility of joining your lab?

Best Answer

E-mail subject lines are generally short fragments. I would avoid using a full sentence ("May I come to you office to discuss the possibility of joining your lab?") or placing the key point of the e-mail in the subject ("Question about joining your lab").

The actual subject line is up to you but I would consider something like:

"Request for meeting"

"Research opportunities"

"Laboratory visit"

And then explain one's intentions in the body of the e-mail.

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