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Motivation

Sehr geehrte Damen/Herren in Deutschen Generalkonsulat Shanghai,

ich freue mich darauf,wenn Sie sich Zeit für mich n?hmen,meinen Antrag zum Visum nach Deutschland zu prüfen.

Gründe für mein Studium in Deutschland

Eben vor einem Monat habe ich mein Bachlorstudium an der Tongji-Universit?t abgeschlossen und die Zulassung von Leibniz Universit?t Hannover erhalten.Als ich mit meinem Studium an der Tongji-Universit?t anfinge,habe ich viel von Deutschland vernommen.Allm?hlich habe ich einen tiefen Eindruck von Deutschland bekommen,z.B die hochentwickelte Industrie,die gastfreundlichen Menschen, und am wichtigsten die hervorragenden Hochschulen .Seitdem traume ich,eines Tages nach Deutschland zu gehen und mein Studium dort fortzusetzen.Meine Universit?t ist von einem deutschen Arzt gegründet geworden und deshalb hat viel Kontakte mit deutschen Hochschulen aufgenommen.Z.B mit Leibniz Universit?t Hannover hat meine Universit?t eine Vereinbarung(Sehen Sie bitte in Anlage 1) getroffen.Gem?βdieser Vereinbarung werden jedes Jahr einige sogenannten Elite-Studenten durch ein Eingangsverfahren ausgew?hlt und die Zulassung zum Studium an der Leibniz Universit?t Hannover bekommen.Glücklich entspreche ich den betreffenden Voraussetzungen und habe den Eingangstest mit Erfolgreich bestanden.Aus diesem Grund wird mein Studium im Studiengang Maschinenbau an der Leibniz Universit?t Hannover zugelassen.( Das Telefax der Leibniz Universit?t Hannover für Deutschen Generalkonsulat Shanghai erhalten Sie in Anlage2)

Plan für mein Studium in Deutschland

Mein Studium an der Leibniz Universit?t Hannover dauert etwa 4 Semster.Um die zukünftige Studienzeit in Deutschland zu sichern,ist es n?tig,einen Studienplan zu machen.Mein Studium wird von meinen Eltern finanziert,daher brauche ich mich keine Sorgen um das Finanzproblem zu machen.Obwohl habe ich schon die TestDAF-Prüfung abgelegt,aber meine Deutschkenntnisse bzw. die Fachdeutschkenntnisse im Studiengang Maschinenbau reichen noch nicht aus,um das Studium in Deutschland sofort zu beginnen.Deshalb organisiert Leibniz Universit?t Hannover einen Fachdeutschkurs für mich.Der Kurs daurt 6

Wochen,danach kann ich mit meinem Fachstudium anfangen.Ich weiβ,das Fachstudium an der Leibniz Universit?t Hannover kann man nicht mit dem Wort leicht sagen.Mit Hilfe von Professoren und den verschiedenen Studienanlagen an der Leibniz Universit?t Hannover bin ich davon überzeugt,dass alle Schwierigkeiten

w?hrend des Studiums überwunden werden k?nnen.Mein Hauptstudienplan in Deutschland ist wie folgend:

Ankunft-Anfang des ersten Semester Fachdeutschkurs

Das 1.Semester-Das 4.Semster Fachstudium

Das 5.Semester Pratikum

Neben dem Studium werde ich gern Sport treiben.Ein starker und gesunder K?per garantiert einen erfolgreichen Studiumabschluss.Das Leben in Deutschland soll

bündig sein.Nicht nur von den Fachkenntnissen sondern auch von der Kultur in Deutschland soll ich lernen,damit die Unverst?ndnisse zwischen beider Kulturen beseitigt werden.Nach dem 4 Semesterfachstudium und 1 Semesterpratikum werde ich mit Mastergrad mein Studium in Deutschland abschlieβen.

Nach dem Studium

Nach dem Studium an der Leibniz Universit?t Hannover m?chte ich nach meinem Heimatland zurückkehren.Seit einigen Jahren hat die Wirschaftsbeziehung zwischen VR China und Deutschland sehr stark entwicklt.Besonders im Industriefeld hat VR China sehr eng Kontakte mit Deutschland aufgenommen.Ich würde gern als Ingenieur t?tig sein und die Wirschaftsaustausch ziwischen China und Deutschlabd weiter f?rdern.

Ich erhoffe mich,schnell wie m?glich einen günstigen Bescheid von Ihnen zu bekommen.

Mit besten Grüssen

Ihr

3 Anlagen: 1 Vereinbarung

2 Das Telefax der Leibniz Universit?t Hannover für Deutschen

Generalkonsulat Shanghai

3 Lebenslauf

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Dear Sir: Due to the comprehensiveness of China’s “reform and open” policies， economics plays an in creasingly important role in the development of its global position. Though more and more comp anies built， management of companies cannot catch up with the development of the companie s. Management is a burgeoning field in China， so I hope I can acquire more modern knowledge on management in England. The roots of my strong interest in business can be traced back to my childhood. My father was a mong the first of China’ s new breed of modern entrepreneurs. As a young girl， it was inspirational hearing about his bu siness ventures， and meeting the varied and interesting circle of entrepreneurs. My mother was also involved in business as an accountant， helping him with simple calculations. And so it was early in my life that I hoped I， also， would someday be able to enter the realm of business. With the time of growing up， I preferred reading books to satisfy my curiosity. I never ceased t o contemplate over the questions I encountered. Subjects on business and management became a special fascination to me and my knowledge of psychology as well as interest in this field was in creasing rapidly. As a high school student in China， I had to concentrate on the College Entrance Examination (C EE)， even so， books not related to the exams were never excluded from my life. Unfortunately when sitting in the exam in June， 2001， I was so nervous that I didn’ t score well in the CEE exam. I enrolled in the department of Computer Science in Zhejiang Colleg e of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Any attempt to persuade myself to focus on my major turned o ut to be a failure at the beginning of my college life. After several terms， I realized that I would n ever be interested in being a programmer or an engineer. At that moment， I lost my direction a nd objectives. My persistence in reading saved me from the dark situation. As a matter of fact， I enjoyed reading the books included Encyclopedia American， and some books about managem ent by Peter F.Drucker. I began to notice something interesting: Why some companies can produc e more than others? Why some company can sell more than others? Why some companies can b uild up but others cannot when facing the same difficulties? With the questions in my mind， I started to read many relevant books. I was lucky to read the book “Jack: Straight from the Gut” by Jack Welch， in Which John A. Byrne makes a clear illustration that the management is import ant for a company. When I was a junior， I ran a bookshop Sincerely yours Zhao xiaohan

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二、个人发表著作 包括题目，作者，时间，杂志(包括页码)(中英文，以原发表为准)。 三、个人技能 最好按照与申请专业相关程度决定先后，联系越紧或越重要的技能一般放最前面。 四、其他 包括标准化考试成绩，计算机水平，主要的实验技能，兴趣爱好等。如果留学语言分数不错的话，应重点强调，分列各单项成绩。兴趣爱好中如果有极限运动，登山赛车等体现冒险和创新精神的，可以重点介绍。 以上是德国留学动机信怎么写的一般顺序，如有特殊情况申请人可以根据自己申请的专业及经历而对各项目的排序或者内容的详略作一定的调整，还可以酌情加一些对申请有帮助的东西。

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