Masters in Strategic Project Management
MOTIVATION LETTER
Nguyen Hoai Xinh
No 72, Ba Trieu
xxxxxx
30 December 2008
Postgraduate Admissions
Recruitment & Admissions Service
ABC University
Edinburgh, EH14 4AS
Dear Sir or Madam
My name is Nguyen Hoai Xinh, an audit assistant in Ernst & Young Vietnam Limited. I am writing this letter to demonstrate my strong interest in Masters in Strategic Project Management under Eramus Mundus scholarship program.
I was born in a poor family in the Middle part of Vietnam. Therefore, when being a child I was dreaming of becoming a successful person so that I can have the opportunities to make much money and be respected by other people in the society. As I grew up, I have also learnt that my country, Vietnam, is still a developing one and my fellows are living in low standard in comparison with the average level of the world. Vietnam’s economy is still at a very first stage of development and there is huge room for improvement. Consequently, I am more and more committed to my desire to gain profound and deep understanding of economics with an aim to make contribution to the prosperity of my country. Therefore, I desire to follow your course of Masters in Strategic Project Management so that when I return to Vietnam, I can devote my ability and knowledge to the improvement of this situation.
Keeping this dream inside my heart, during my undergraduate studies I was always working hard and scientifically to get profound academic background and I did gain outstanding achievements. My high school is the most famous one in my hometown for gifted pupils of different subjects. For each subject, it selects only one class of 30 pupils from many high schools in the whole province. Knowing that English would be a useful means of communication for me to do business in the future, I decided to take the English specializing class. The studying atmosphere is very competitive, however, at the end of grade 12, I was voted to be “The best pupil of the class” by my classmates. Furthermore, I was chosen to be one of the eight pupils of my province to have the right to sit the national examination for excellent pupils at English and I got the Third Prize. Moreover, I came first in the high school graduation examination (my score was the highest one: 59.5/60) in Nghe An province. Being a student of Foreign Trade University, one of the best universities in Vietnam for its teaching and studying quality, I continued my efforts in studying and obtained the second highest GPA in my class of 140 students. I was honored with the most prestigious scholarship named Sumitomo at my University which was granted to only fifteen best students out of nearly eight hundred ones for each training course. Although my major is External Economics but you can find in my academic transcript that I have got a solid background in general economics fields from Business Administration, Accounting to Foreign Investment.
Beyond my excellent academic records, I also took part in many extra-curricular activities to build up good and qualified personality as a preparation for my future. Being the monitor of my class, I organized and created various outdoor activities for my classmates, this helped me to earn a lot of skills in motivating and encouraging other people. Moreover, I also participated actively in many voluntary and social campaigns hold by the Youth Union of Foreign Trade University. All these activities turned me into an active, flexible, determined, and enthusiastic person. I was highly appreciated by the Youth Union of Foreign Trade University for my positive and good performance.
At present, I am working for Assurance and Advisory Business Services under Ernst & Young Vietnam Company Limited. This job offers me chances of obtaining practical knowledge of Vietnam economy by auditing the Financial Statements of several projects, corporate and banks. After nearly two years of working as an audit assistant, I have also learnt that one of the most important underlying reasons for the weakness of Vietnam financial market is a shortage of information transparency. In the financial market of Vietnam, lenders or investors can not assess to reliable information sources and their lending or investment decisions are very risky. Moreover, because of insufficiency of accurate information, market forecast and analysis can not be done appropriately. As a result, financial market can not operate actively and effectively. Base on the above thought, I think that assurance services are of great importance to impulse the development of Vietnam financial market. Therefore, I plan to build up a company specializing in providing assurance business in two years time to meet the demand of the market and the target clients of my companies would be local and foreign invested projects. To implement the plan, I intend to equip myself with both professional financial knowledge and managerial skills. Regarding knowledge, I am pursuing the goal of being a professional accountant of ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) in the next two years to get professional and wide understanding of finance and accounting aspect. On the aspect of managerial skills, I hope that I can complete my master degree in strategic project management in your country. I believe the qualification will help me realize my ambition and be able to reach highest potential in my career for its high quality, round structure, and systematic content. Moreover, during the time in your country, my view regarding economy operation and the way people in your country live and work would help to draw valuable lessons for Vietnam. Upon the completion of the course, I have the intention of coming back to Ernst & Young Vietnam and continued to work here for about one more year to update my knowledge of current economy with an aim to prepare for the establishment of my own company.
To realize my plan, I do hope that I can get your financial aids to pursue my further study as a Master of strategic project management. High quality education system in Europe is what Vietnamese students need in order to make greater contribution to the wealth of my country. However, very few Vietnamese students can come to Europe to continue their studies because of financial difficulty. Scholarships delivered through governmental organizations or embassies are usually in favor of people from state companies or academic institutes and training units. Therefore, there are very few opportunities for people from private sector like me; consequently, many people have to give up their dream of studying abroad. However, not wanting to give up, I decide to find a new way for myself and for young people of my generation by asking for your aids directly. I do hope that I will succeed in getting the scholarship. Moreover, with my success, I want to persuade other Vietnamese students that if we have ability, spiritual strength, ambition, and determination, we can overcome our difficulties and create opportunities for ourselves.
In view of my academic strength and career desire, I trust that you will consider my application favorably. If you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact me or my referees whose details are listed as follows.
First referee:
Dr. YYY
Lecturer in International Business
Faculty of UUUU
SHM University
NNNNN
Telephone: 004412345
Email: xinhxinh@yahoo.com
Second referee:
Dr. MMM
Vice Dean of Banking and Finance Faculty
XXX University
91 MNM St., TIM District
Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: (84) 04123 (extension 534)
Email: bbbb1999@yahoo.com
Thank you very much for considering my request. I look forward to your positive response.
Sincerely
Nguyen Hoai Xinh
Enclosed:
– Curriculum Vitae
– University degree
– Transcript of records
– IETLS certificates
– High school record
– One reference letter
– A copy of passport
– Other certificates
Source: EM Vietnam