Personal Statement: MPA Program at the University of Toronto, Canada

This is a personal statement written by a student with a background in political science, banking, NGOs, and local government, applying for a Master's in Public Administration with a specialization in State & Local Government at the University of Toronto. The statement outlines the student's academic interests, motivations for choosing the field, and how past experiences have prepared them for the graduate program. It details the student's aspirations for the program, including gaining core competencies in communication, leadership, and research, and how the program will help them achieve long-term career objectives in state or local government. The student aims to contribute to the effective implementation of governmental policies and serve the residents of the country.

Running head: PERSONAL STATEMENT
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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I had been eager to apply for seeking an admission to the master degree course on the
Public Administration that allows me to specialize in the matters involving the state and the local
governments. I would like to enroll myself as a student at the esteemed University of Toronto,
located in Canada. Public administration, from an academic viewpoint, generally refers to the
academic discipline that aims at the study of the implementation of the various governmental
policies and the helps in the preparation of the various public servants who have been involved in
the matters that are related to the public service. I have been studying the courses on political
sciences and have served at the local government bodies as well as the several non-governmental
institutions. The procedures that were followed by the various departments of the government
had been my source of interest in this field of study and helped me to grow an interest in the
concerned field. I find motivation in the matters that help me to serve the people who have been
residing in the country. The implementation of the various policies of the government interest me
enough in the matters that are needed to pursue my academic career in the concerned field.
I have already been a part of the students who had been pursuing their courses at the
political sciences. My academic career in the subject has helped me shape my interest in the
concerned subject and piqued my desires to know more about the various ways of the
implementation of the governmental laws and policies. My professional career in the financial
institutions has helped me learn the ways in which I might relate to the concerned members of
the society and help them with the various issues that they might be facing due to the
implementation of the various governmental policies in the area. My work experience in the
NGOs and the local governmental bodies has helped me to learn about the practicality of the
after effects of the implementation of the various governmental laws on the various strata of the
citizens of the concerned state or country. My work experience has also helped me to know the

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various ways in which the governmental policies might be applied to prevent malpractices that
have been going on in the concerned area.
I do believe that on undertaking the course offered by the graduate program, I would be
able to understand the various functions of the state and the local governments of the country.
The pursuit of my academic career in this field might help me in the effective navigation of the
changes in the climate of the various governmental bodies and the regular everyday life that is
led by the various residents of the concerned locality or the state. The course would be helpful
for me to learn various core competencies that are required for the pursuing my career in the
various administrative and leadership positions in the various local and state government bodies.
The master’s program in public administration with the specialization in the state and the local
government might help me in the demonstration and the understanding of the various qualities
like the skills that are required for the communication, interaction with the various people, the
prioritization of the various tasks, the organization and the management of the various projects
and the various activities that are related to the planning of these tasks. The graduate program
might also help us in the fields of research that are needed to be made in the concerned subject.
These researches might help the state and the local governments to reach out to the citizens of
the country in a better manner and thereby solve the issues that they might have been facing.
I look forward to be able to serve my country by being one of the responsible persons
employed in the state or the local governmental bodies. This graduate program offered by the
University of Toronto might help me to learn more about the various matters that are related to
the applications in the matters that are related to the public administration that is extended to the
various members of the country, state and the localities in the form of the various governmental
policies that are implemented in the area. I aspire to hold the office of a responsible member of

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the local government or the state government body. This course at the highly esteemed
University of Toronto, Canada might hep me to learn more on the concerned subject and thus
help me achieve my long-term objectives and aspirations.