Request letter for higher studies

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01font00Please check my following letter and give me hints and correction to make my letter more formal and good.02font02br
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00Dear Sir,02br
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00I am writing with reference to your recent advertisement in www.jobs.ac.uk for an engineering doctorate studentship related to the engineered materials for high performance applications in aerospace.02br
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00As you can see from my enclosed CV, I am a second year master student at the University of Tokyo, hoping to graduate by September, 2007, doing research on “Implementation of Advanced Seismic Response Analysis of a Dam into Integrated Earthquake Simulation (IES)” under the supervision of Prof. Hori Muneo. I have submitted a paper for Journal of Applied Mechanics (JSCE), it is under review now. For further information please refer my CV. Also I have been awarded the Japanese government scholarship (MEXT) for this master degree in 2005.02br
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00I have finished my BSc.Engineering degree in 2004, securing First class honors with rank 1, specializing in civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. And I have won the “Ceylon Development Engineering prize for best performance in civil engineering” and “University prize for Academic Excellence” in 2004. I did undergraduate research on "Development of correlation for cone penetrometer results for Sri Lankan soils" under Prof. S. B. Abeyakoon. And I have published a paper which you can refer from my CV.02br
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00I hope the knowledge and experience gained during undergraduate study in material science & mechanics of materials, and knowledge gaining in programming and numerical analysis skill in master degree will help me to pursue this engineering doctorate offer as your expectation. I shall be thankful if you could let me know the possibilities of getting this studentship under your supervision00. 02br
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00Thank you.02br
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01font00Thanks in advance for your help.02font0-