Example of a Personal Statement for a Masters Describe your

ExampleofaPersonalStatementforaMasters

Describeyourr easonsforwantingtostudythisparticularcourseandwhat

youbelieveyouwillgainfromit.

Iamapplyingforaplaceonthe…………….courseattheUniversityof

………….becauseIamveryinterestedinthetopicscoveredparticularly

………and……….Myinterestintheseareaswasfirstarousedduringmy

undergraduatestudiesattheUniversityofExeterwhereIstudied……..andI

chosetodoafinalyearresearchtopicon…………..DuringmyresearchI

sourceddocumentsrelatingto………..andmyinterestwasfurtheraroused

whenr eading…………Yourcoursenotonlycoverstheabovetopicsbutwill

alsointroducemetothenewareasof…………and…………whichwill

broadenmyknowledgeandunderstandingofthetopicasawhole.Iachieved

averyhi ghgr adeformydissertationandIamkeentobuildonmyinterestin

researchduringthedissertationelementofthecourse.Iamexpectingto

attainahigh2.1orfirstclassdegreewhichIhopewilldemonstratemy

academicabilitytostudyatthislevel.

Myworkplacementat………..duringthesummerof2008reinforcedmy

interest intheareasof……….andIwasabletoexperiencetheeffectsof

applyingGovernmentlegislationinaworkingenvironment.Mymainrolewas

tomonitortheeffectsof……..throughmarketsurveysandtoanalysethe

datausingstatisticalpackagessuchasSPSS.Iwroteareportonmyfindings

whichwaswellreceivedbymyorganisation.Thisexperiencehelpedmeto

developrelevantskillsinconstructingquestionnaires,managingmytime

effectivelyandwriting succinctly.

Iamparticularlykeentostudyatthedepartmentof………….IntheUniversity

of……..becauseofyourresearchinterestsin………..andyourreputationof

excellenceinthesefields.Theinternationalreputationofthedepartment

attract ssuchavarietyofstudentsandIbelieveitwillbeastimulating

environmentinwhi chtostudyatmasterslevel.Youruniversityalsoprovides

excellentworkingandrecreationfacilitiesforgraduatestudentswhich

demonstrateyourcommitmenttothegraduatestudentbody.

FollowingtheMAcourseIwouldliketopursuemyinterestinresearchinthe

areaof………………eitherthroughdoingaPhDorpossiblyresearchingwith

agovernmentdepartmentorotherpublicsectorbody.