16nd February, 2014

Dear Sir

I am writing to apply for PhD program in marine geology at King bdul !i! "ni#er$ity% I hold ma$ter degree in geophy$i&$ from 'ahria "ni#er$ity, I$lamabad Pa(i$tan, with the$i$ title, )Sei$mi& Stratigraphy of I$olated *arbonate Platform, +ff$hore Indu$ Pa(i$tan,% *urrently I am wor(ing in -eofi!y(a Kra(ow S% % a$ geophy$i&i$t% .ith my edu&ational ba&(ground and wor(ing e/perien&e, I $trongly belie#e that I am $uitable &andidate for thi$ program% fter &ompleting thi$ PhD program, I intend to pur$ue my &areer a$ fa&ulty member at a leading uni#er$ity and to in#e$tigate the ba$in de#elopment of Pa(i$tan% 0y future a&ademi& $(ill$ and re$ear&h wor( will pro#ide me with all e$$ential $(ill to be&ome a $u&&e$$ful geo$&ienti$t% During the time of my graduate and undergraduate &our$ewor(, our a&ademi& $y$tem ga#e me a $tability to under$tand the ad#an&ed and applied &our$e$ of geo$&ien&e$% In both uni#er$ity degree$, I &o#ered the &our$e$ of both geology and geophy$i&$ $u&h a$ global te&toni&, $ei$mi& data analy$i$, well logging, earth1ua(e 2 e/ploration $ei$mology, hydrogeology and e&onomi& geology% *our$e$ related to geophy$i&al te&hni1ue$ li(e ele&tri&al and radioa&ti#e te&hni1ue, gra#ity and magneti& method, Sei$mi& e/ploration te&hni1ue 3$hallow and deep4 and paleomagneti$m and geomagneti$m were al$o part of my $tudy% Sin&e &omputer$ ha#e be&ame in$eparable part of geo$&ien&e$, $o I al$o poli$hed my $(ill$ in &omputer programming in *55 and data $tru&ture% 6o further enhan&e my (nowledge in the$e area$, I get in#ol#ed in re$ear&h pro7e&t$ in the area of geophy$i&$ at Fa&ulty of Drilling, +il and -a$, -8 "ni#er$ity of S&ien&e and 6e&hnology Kra(ow under "9:S*+;Poland *o< $pon$ored Fellow$hip Program that pro#ided me the opportunity to get &lo$er with the i$$ue$% 6here are $e#eral rea$on$ why I am applying for thi$ program in a foreign uni#er$ity% It i$ my aim to pur$ue my further $tudy in the field of marine geology and to dedi&ate my$elf to the re$ear&h with all my effort$% I feel that my endea#or would be in&omplete until I a&hie#e my ob7e&ti#e$ by &ondu&ting a re$ear&h at foreign in$titute% $ opportunitie$ to do ad#an&ed re$ear&h are limited in a de#eloping &ountry, I de&ide to e/tend my #i$ion by going abroad for ad#an&ed $tudy% 0o$t importantly the &urri&ulum at thi$ in$titute meet$ the international $tandard and i$ widely a&&epted in worldwide% bo#e all, $tudying abroad introdu&e$ different &ulture$ and language$ and help$ to rai$e new point$ in #ery different per$pe&ti#e% It pro#ide$ new $ituation$ that te$t$ one$ ability to adapt and learn% 0o$t of all, I feel that a uni#er$ity, with e/perien&ed and e/&ellent fa&ulty, modern re$ear&h fa&ilitie$ and e1uipment, pro#ide the optimal en#ironment for the de#elopment of talent$% It i$ further my aim to get ba&( to Pa(i$tan after &ompleting my $tudie$ and apply in pra&ti&e the (nowledge I will a&1uire% I hope what my learning in foreign &an e#entually &ontribute$ to the booming of ad#an&ed te&hnology not only in my &ountry but al$o in the whole world% I wi$h to a$$ure you, that you &an find in me a hard<wor(ing, well<organi!ed and a &ommitted $tudent% fter I read &arefully the de$&ription of the PhD program and the &our$e re1uirement$, I belie#e that it perfe&tly mat&he$ my re$ear&h intere$t$ and profile% fterward$ I ha#e &ontinued my

re$ear&h at the "ni#er$ity web$ite, where I gained u$eful information about the "ni#er$ity &ampu$ and the $tudent life% I belie#e that I will be po$iti#e addition to your team, fit well in your organi!ation and be a u$eful member of the &ommunity, a$ I lo#e to #olunteer and to be a&ti#e in the field of $o&ial &au$e$ and &ampaign$% $ I under$tand, thi$ program i$ #ery &ompetiti#e, attra&ting highly moti#ated $tudent$, but I am &on#in&ed that my good re&ord at the "ni#er$ity and during my wor( a$ a re$ear&her gi#e me a $trong re&ommendation for a pla&e at it% I would be honored if you de&ide to a&&ept my &andidate$hip to be PhD $tudent at the King bdul !i! "ni#er$ity% I hope to fulfill my dream to &ontributing my 1uota to the world by $tepping to the &hallenge #ia the platform pro#ided by your in$titution% I loo( forward to being a part of your uni#er$ity%

Khurram Shah!ad bla&(bahrian=gmail%&om Khurram%$hah!ad=wateen%net