PhD motivation letter (please correct me if i'm wrong)

I want to apply for a PhD program and i will really apreciate some help in spell checking (grammar), and some sugestions about letter itself.
---------------------------thank you for your time


Dear Mr.X

I am a Master graduate student at Electronic and Telecommunication Faculty of City, Country and I would like to apply for the PhD program in the A Group in University B. After completing the PhD program, I plan to continue my research in the field of network protocols and architectures. My objective is to become a faculty member at a leading university and investigate the improvements that can be done in actual networks to make them compatible with modern ones . This program would assist me to start my career as a specialist in modern networking.

I am very excited by ATM networks and MPLS both of them having major applications in traffic engineering. Because the traffic on the Internet grew significantly, traffic engineering became the main domain of research for the telecommunication engineers and i hope that soon i will bring my contribution in this area. I olso believe that my work experience of over two tears in networking represents an advantage because i have learned to operate/configure different network equipments, and because i have managed to integrate myself in a team where each member could learn from the other without reservation.

The A Group has a distinguished research reputation. I have researched it from its homepage and its publications. The research level is international, the environment is stimulating, and the projects are creative. They are all crucially advantageous for research, and hence attract me.

From practical experience, and study, I have a strong foundation in routing protocols (RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF) wan technologies (Frame Relay, PPP, ISDN), IEEE 802.1D, 802.1Q standards, traffic filtering (Linux iptables, Cisco access-lists) and traffic shaping. In faculty i was a good student, i situated on the 10-th place (from aproximatively 200 students) considering the average of the first 5 years of study, and on the 2-nd place (from 16 students at my specialization) in my last year of study (master).

My master these name is “MasterThese Name”, and my license's title is “These theme” for both of them i worked under the direction of Professor Z

In regard to my extracurricular activities, I like playing tennis, snowboarding, skiing and traveling. I appreciate the value of the perseverance, ambition and team spirit. I have learnt the commitment necessary for success as an individual and how to work as a team member.

Should you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you for considering my application, and I look forward to your favorable reply.





Yours sincerely,

George


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