Motivational Letter: MSc in Management and Engineering Data Science

This document presents a motivational letter written by a student applying for the MSc in Management and Engineering in Data and Decision Science program at RWTH Aachen University in Germany. The letter highlights the applicant's career aspirations to combine entrepreneurial skills with technical expertise, particularly in implementing prediction optimization models. The applicant emphasizes their thirteen years of experience in the telecom industry, focusing on technical support, maintenance, and operations, and explains how the program aligns with their goals of expanding knowledge in data-driven decision-making. The letter showcases the applicant's adaptability, cultural awareness, and financial preparedness for studying in Germany, and concludes by expressing eagerness to advance their career through the program. References include works on geothermal expert training, scientific programming, short programs and sustainable development in university curriculum.

Running head: MOTIVATIONAL LETTER TO APPLY FOR MSC
Motivational Letter to apply for MSc
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Dear Madam or Sir,
Through this letter, I am applying for a position as a student as the Masters of
Management and Engineering in Data and Decision Science programme, offered at the
university of RWTH Aachen in Germany. I would like to develop my knowledge more in
Data and Decision Science from both the perspectives of an entrepreneur and a technical
expert through this programme. I would like to focus primarily on the implementation of
prediction optimization models just not from the point of view of a businessperson but also
have a sound technical knowledge on creating value from data. Having an experience of
almost thirteen year providing solution to Telecom Service Layers and working for various
organizations providing technical support and maintenance and handling the operations, I
wanted to expand my knowledge in Decision-making depending on Data-drive from both the
aspect of a technician and a businessperson (Schramm 2016). After I went through the
curriculum online, I found the subjects covered in the course programme are best apposite to
my career aspects. I would also like to add that given the contemporary era of upgrading
ourselves every passing day; this course programme will give the perfect direction to career
cognisance I am aiming for in becoming a businessperson with sound technical knowledge.
As per my career is directed, I have served some big companies with technical
support, both local and remote, and handled different clients over my career phase consisting
of numerous telecom operators in my native country. This has given me an idea about the
requirements of a telecom operator. My role as a Network Engineer compels me to provide
support throughout my project timeline to the respective clients going through humongous
amount of data and taking decisions accordingly on the output. After I went through the
University website, I found the curriculum offers courses in Data-Driven Decision-making,
Artificial Intelligence, Data and Decision Science, Algorithm Economy, Industry 4.0 and
various other subjects that are always on the priority list of my planning for excelling in this

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industry (Will, Neumann and Brauweiler 2018). Comprehensive knowledge on my domain
would outshine with this training program.
As a Network Engineer and Solution Integrator, I have travelled a lot throughout my
career in the span of thirteen years over different areas in the Middle East and prior to that I
have lived a major portion of my life in Bangladesh. Since, I have kept travelling all my
career timeline, I have become quickly adaptive to new places and living in Germany would
not be problematic for me at all. Language is not a barrier and adapting to different cultures
comes naturally to me. Furthermore, the geographic location of Germany and the economic
prospects are affordable for me and is the most appropriate ground to have the foundation of
the next step in my professional career (Hruska and Clauser 2015).
Lastly, with the listing of my career path and my future prospects, I am looking
forward to being enlisted as a student and bring my career forward to the next echelon as a
Masters of Management and Engineering in Data and Decision Science.
Thank you for considering my application in advance,
Regards,
Md Arif Hossain

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Reference
Hruska, M. and Clauser, C., 2015. Training of Geothermal Experts: The Joint Master
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p.25.
Küppers, B., Dondorf, T., Willemsen, B., Pflug, H.J., Vonhasselt, C., Magrean, B., Müller,
M.S. and Bischof, C., 2016. The Scientific Programming Integrated Degree Program–A
Pioneering Approach to Join Theory and Practice. Procedia Computer Science, 80, pp.1957-
1967.
Schramm, C., 2016. Short Programs.
Will, M., Neumann, C. and Brauweiler, J., 2018. Professional, Methodical and Didactical
Facets of ESD in a Masters Course Curriculum—A Case Study from Germany.
In Implementing Sustainability in the Curriculum of Universities (pp. 307-322). Springer,
Cham.