ExampleofaPersonalStatementforaMasters

Describeyourreasonsforwantingtostudythisparticularcourseandwhat
youbelieveyouwillgainfromit.
Iamapplyingforaplaceonthe.courseattheUniversityof
.becauseIamveryinterestedinthetopicscoveredparticularly
and.Myinterestintheseareaswasfirstarousedduringmy
undergraduatestudiesattheUniversityofExeterwhereIstudied..andI
chosetodoafinalyearresearchtopicon..DuringmyresearchI
sourceddocumentsrelatingto..andmyinterestwasfurtheraroused
whenreadingYourcoursenotonlycoverstheabovetopicsbutwill
alsointroducemetothenewareasofandwhichwill
broadenmyknowledgeandunderstandingofthetopicasawhole.Iachieved
averyhighgradeformydissertationandIamkeentobuildonmyinterestin
researchduringthedissertationelementofthecourse.Iamexpectingto
attainahigh2.1orfirstclassdegreewhichIhopewilldemonstratemy
academicabilitytostudyatthislevel.
Myworkplacementat..duringthesummerof2008reinforcedmy
interestintheareasof.andIwasabletoexperiencetheeffectsof
applyingGovernmentlegislationinaworkingenvironment.Mymainrolewas
tomonitortheeffectsof..throughmarketsurveysandtoanalysethe
datausingstatisticalpackagessuchasSPSS.Iwroteareportonmyfindings
whichwaswellreceivedbymyorganisation.Thisexperiencehelpedmeto
developrelevantskillsinconstructingquestionnaires,managingmytime
effectivelyandwritingsuccinctly.
Iamparticularlykeentostudyatthedepartmentof.IntheUniversity
of..becauseofyourresearchinterestsin..andyourreputationof
excellenceinthesefields.Theinternationalreputationofthedepartment
attractssuchavarietyofstudentsandIbelieveitwillbeastimulating
environmentinwhichtostudyatmasterslevel.Youruniversityalsoprovides
excellentworkingandrecreationfacilitiesforgraduatestudentswhich
demonstrateyourcommitmenttothegraduatestudentbody.
FollowingtheMAcourseIwouldliketopursuemyinterestinresearchinthe
areaofeitherthroughdoingaPhDorpossiblyresearchingwith
agovernmentdepartmentorotherpublicsectorbody.