Statement of Purpose

For PhD Engineering Admission

Candidate
Muhammad Jaleel
muhammadjaleel88@gmail.co
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Why advance studies

From 2016 through 2019, after graduating from Huddersfield, I dedicated

myself for my passion and joined an American based service providing
company. Luckily, I got opportunities to move in Power, Oil & Gas sectors
(high-tech industries in Pakistan) to work on various projects. I have worked
on advance industrial control systems like robust and intelligent control,
including neural networks and genetic algorithm. These exposures let me
realize that I still need to widen boundaries of my knowledge, analytical
reasoning skills and problem-solving expertise. My limited knowledge had
been a reason of my nose-dived projects.

Learning can never have an end. Working with visionary leaders of industry is
a blessing for new field entrants. These people bestow us with not only our
intended goals but something more important than our intentions. Same
happened to me. My field managers facilitated me to recognize importance of
changing environment. Now, I believe, my utmost learning has been my
understanding of corporate paradigm shift.

I have learned that, no doubt, today’s cutting-edge developments in

technology has shaped so many amenities for mankind, there at the same
time, countless challenges have similarly got out of bed, and especially for
technical experts, thus unlocking gates for scientific revolutions. These
unceasing technical evolutions have pushed corporate world into a dynamic
environment, particularly after invention of artificial intelligence in late 50s.
Customers are hankering after new products and latest technologies.
Companies then are investing billions of dollars in research and development
(R&D) to get ever more innovations to sustain their competitive advantage.

This is my main motive to explore more in my area of interest; electrical and

electronics engineering, to be a competitive resource. Research program
(PhD) will improve my researching, writing, and analyzing skill set. And I’d be
a better problem solver and able to easily encounter complex projects.

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Prospective benefits I can gain from PhD

Undergraduate degree generally delivers fundamental concepts of specific

filed like I had acquired; Basic Programming, Network Analysis, Logic Design,
Signal Processing, Power and Control System from my baccalaureate.
Master’s program, from Huddersfield, thereafter furnished me with detailed,
but to some extent limited & dependent, knowledge of my interest domain;
artificial intelligence, Embedded Systems, Electrical & Instrumentation,
Mathematical modeling of railway systems etc . But now to stay competitively
alive, all I need is focused, independent and practice- led research to deepen
my skillset in functional analysis, stochastic processes and fault tolerance.

My Taught Master Program (MSc) developed my expertise in existing subject

knowledge but PhD will place more emphasis on research work. PhD will train
me as a researcher. It will refine my academic knowledge, conceptualization,
problem- solving expertise and will develop a directed skill set, relevant to both
industry and academic career path, like:

1. sophisticated data collection and analysis skills

2. advanced evidence-based problem-solving skills

3. project management and leadership experience

Practice-led research delivers an opportunity to understand nature and

potential of research study through art and design practice. For a student who
aims to go after research study, it provides an excellent foundation for his next
level of schoolwork and supports him to progress towards his self-governing
research more quickly.

Advance research degree, if I express myself about industry career, conveys

message to valuable employer that you’ve excellent project and personal
management skills, and that you can think independently and critically, and
communicate effectively. Today’s commercial organizations are giving value
to research-oriented professionals. Let me strengthen my observation with
statistics, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18 percent of future
sophisticated jobs will require a postgraduate research degree by 2022. For a

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professional, advance knowledge and skills make transition easier into more
senior positions in an organization. And if I speak academically, research
program will give me an experience of basics of research, and to gain direct
entry into doctoral program.

Why UK only

I have some firm motives to study in UK.

1. The UK has a long history of welcoming international students to study in its
universities and colleges. International students occasionally don’t feel
strangeness. They are properly guided on every step in friendly way.
2. I didn’t feel any unfamiliarity during my master program because UK
educational system is much of the same as of Pakistan educational
structure.
3. Quality assurance with prosperous future benefits are one the key drivers for
international students to move UK universities. UK universities and colleges
are regularly inspected to ensure that they uphold high standards of teaching,
learning and research-set, by government. The Quality Assurance Agency for
Higher Education (QAA) is the key body charged with maintaining these
standards.
4. After post-graduation, when I came back to my homeland, I was warmly
welcome by Pakistani employers. It’s because UK university degree
programs are mainly practical oriented.

Why De Montfort University

I am interested to get admission in this particular university because:

1. I have already fascinating experience of study in UK University. It wouldn’t be
of much hard for me to fit in De Montfort University education system. Tutors
and supervisors are really friendly and cooperative.
2. Teaching staff credentials are not only recognized by success of students but
also by government agencies. For the last few years, De Montfort University
is ranked among UK’s leading university for National Teaching Fellowship.
3. If a university offers wide range of courses, it reflects a pool of intellectuals
with diverse academic and professional expertise. De Montfort University is

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offering a wide range of advance research programs. It means a student can

master in knowledge field he has not studied before but is relevant to his
career path. This influences a student’s employability in international market.
I aim to do research in advanced electrical & electronics system with focus on
Control & Instrumentation, highly demanded in today’s market. This program
is being offered by few universities in UK and De Montfort University is one of
them; offering PhD with economical financial cost; affordable for me.

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