Personal Statement

I found my faithful love for finance quite early as my uncle, a financial accountant, began to teach me some simple financial knowledge when he provided me with additional coaching of mathematics since I was young. Then as I learned more academic knowledge in finance, E-Finance for example, in college, I gradually made up my mind to develop it as my future career. Thus I’m now applying to your programme of Accounting and Finance MSc to enrich me with more in-depth knowledge in finance.

During undergraduate study, I’ve got a systematic learning in Microeconomics, E-Finance, E-Commerce, E-Marketing and Logistics Management of E-Commerce. In particular, I performed excellent in E-Finance as I scored 91, the highest mark in my class, and I became much more familiar with e-banking, online securities trading and the working processes of call center. In the final year of undergraduate study, I’m now learning Principle of Management, Case Study of the Security of E-Commerce, The Criteria and Law in E-Commerce, Customer Behavior and International Trade Affairs. In terms of quantitative courses, I have learned Advanced Mathematics, Linear Algebra and Probability Theory & Mathematical Statistics and in the last course I’ve mainly studied central limit theorem, the principal distributions, testing of statistical hypotheses, parameter estimation, linearity regression and equal analysis, and stochastic differential equations. With my great efforts, I got 85.66 for current overall average and 87.64 for the average of E-Commerce major specializations and ranked of 5/53 and 4/53 respectively in my class. In addition, I was awarded B-class scholarship and won the title of ‘Excellent Student’ as well in 2008.

Besides focusing on professional study, I also pay a great attention to improving leadership. Shortly after I entered into the college, I joined in the Literature & Art Unit of the Student Union. In a year, I perfectly accomplished my work, such as field arranging and programme planning, etc., in holding the award ceremony of the Webpage Design Competition and the English Culture Festival. For my excellent leadership and organizing ability showed in the above activities, I was elected as the president of the Unit in September 2007. Thereafter, I successfully organized many ceremonies and festivals which were widely appreciated by students and teachers.

When being active in extra-curriculum activities, I also grasped chances to develop my English capacity. I once participated in the shows of English Culture Festival---the English dramas Beauty and the Beast, and Titanic---in which my oral English was well practiced. Meanwhile, I also focused on cross-culture communication as I made friends with several oversea students from England, Finland, and France. I was quite fascinated with the European culture they introduced to me which impelled me to get my postgraduate study in UK.

Through the above preparation, I’m sure that I’ve got ready to study in Manchester. I believe with a hard work I can have a deep insight in the accounting and financial courses you provide and what I would learn can greatly contribute to my career development---after graduation, I will work as a financial analyst in a key investment firm in China, and when being experienced with practical financial investment operations, I then plan to be a senior financial advisor in a world famous investment bank.