Letter of motivation for Erasmus Uiversity Rotterdam

Hello everyone, My name is Jérémy. I want some advice for my letter of motivation. it is based on three questions.

• Why do you want to study Management of International Social Challenges at Erasmus University Rotterdam?
• Why opt for studying Management of International Social Challenges in English and in an international environment?
• Demonstrate international orientation and experiences through your CV/ life story/ interests.

Letter of motivation

Jérémy MFOUNDOU
June 6th, 1997
Dear Sir and Madam,
I am writing to apply for the BSc in Management of International Social Challenges programme at Erasmus University Rotterdam in September 2016.
My name is Jérémy, I am 18 years old. I was born in Paris and raised in a small town named Bruyères sur Oise sixty-four kilometers far north from Paris. I’m French and Congolese. My father is from Congo and my mother is from the DR Congo. I travelled many times in my whole life. I took part in several school trips to Spain, Italia. I travelled many times to Belgium, Germany and Congo. Some members of my family live in Belgium. I go to Belgium twice a year. I visited Germany during my holidays in 2006 and 2007. I could practice English. Congo is father’s born country, I visited it once in February 2012. It was a great experience, I discovered father’s culture and his country. These experiences allow me to meet people who are different of me. France is a multicultural country, I have grown with people who had a different culture of mine. They practiced a different religion and culture. That made me a better human-being and in my opinion living with people who are from a different country can make me better. As you can see I have been used to living in a multicultural environment.
I have chosen this programme because it’s a multi-disciplinary program who involves economics, political science, and international law. By taking an interdisciplinary approach I hope to gain a well-developed view. In my secondary school, I am used to studying different subjects such as economics and sociology, math, history, geography. These subjects are always interested me, your programme allow me to study it during my studies. I would like to work for European Commission or UN and in the future become President of European Commission or Secretary-General of UN. I would like to do this because I’d like to be a Politician whose decisions would have an impact on the world.
Studying in English would give me the opportunity to practice the language in both academic and professional settings. In my opinion, English is a universal language, it allows to speak with anybody. This language is used in many international organization. Furthermore, according to me, The Netherlands and Rotterdam are a good place to study. The Netherlands have always interested me due to its multicultural society. This society involves many ethnicities such Dutch, Indian, Indonesian, African, Moroccan, Turkish. The university has a high percentage of international students. I prefer to be among international students because it allows me to meet people from different countries. Moreover, your educational method of problem based-learning is attractive for me. Applying academic knowledge to concrete cases allow to me to study more effectively.
Thank you for considering my application. I would be very pleased to be granted admission for September.
Sincerely yours,
Jérémy MFOUNDOU