PS Your Academic Statement should be a concise statement of your plans for graduate study, your career goals, and how MSU's graduate program will help you meet your career and educational objectives. Your Academic Statement must include the following statement: "My intended area of specialization in the graduate program in (DEPARTMENT) at Michigan State University will be in _________________."? If you have already been in contact with faculty or staff at MSU regarding your application for graduate studies, please list these contacts in your Academic Statement. When preparing your Academic Statement, please include the following information: Briefly describe key experiences that led you to graduate studies. Examples might include research experiences, internships, coursework or extracurricular activities. Share specific, relevant examples of how these experiences helped you develop skills for success as a graduate student. For instance, you might demonstrate ways that you have synthesized knowledge from the classroom, developed research skills, communicated effectively, acted as a leader, or gained skills and responsibility over time. Make a clear connection between your previous experiences and your current interest in graduate studies. If your intended area of specialization in graduate school differs significantly from your previous experiences, please briefly explain why you decided to change focus. If applicable, explain any gaps or discrepancies in your academic record and share unusual obstacles or hardships that you have overcome in pursuit of your educational objectives. Explain how your goals for graduate study relate to your longer-term career plans, including the pursuit of additional degrees or certifications if applicable. Your Academic Statement should be concise, and no more than 2 pages when formatted in Times New Roman 12-point font with 1-inch margins and single line spacing. Fee You should submit a completed application form on-line along with an application fee of $75 (valid for one year - MasterCard applicants are advised not to pay the application fee at this time and are strongly advised to upload their Mastercard application). RL Enter the information for your references along with their email address. They will then be automatically emailed and asked to submit letters of recommendations. You will need three references (ideally at least two should be by a college faculty who knows you well). Transcript Two "official"copies of transcripts from all previous universities attended (undergraduate and graduate), as well as proof of diploma (graduate certificate) in an unopened sealed university envelope. These transcripts and certificates should be sent to: Michigan State University Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering 428 South Shaw Lane Room 2120 Engineering Building East Lansing, Michigan, USA 48824 Chinese Applicants Only: Michigan State University will require all incoming ADMITTED students pursuing degrees or who have earned degrees from universities in China to submit a verification report (English version) through the China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC) for their final bachelor degree transcripts (本科學(xué)位證書) and bachelor degree (大學(xué)成績單). Our department will reimburse you In the form of a fellowship for the cost of the verification once you arrive and register at Michigan State University. All verification reports need to be sent to the Michigan State University Office of Admissions directly by CDGDC. For those Master degree granted student, we only need the undergraduate level verification report from CDGDC.