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Application form UAF1602390

Summary
UAF application number Date

UAF1602390 31.12.2015
University

University of Lapland
Level of studies Faculty/school

Master's level Faculty of Education

Degree programme

(LY0222) Media Education, Master of Arts

*UAF1602390*
Application period

01.12.2015 - 29.01.2016
First name(s) as written in passport Last name(s) as written in passport

Mahmudul ISLAM
Date of birth (dd.mm.yyyy) Preferred contact language

09.04.1988 English

Required enclosures

To complete your application, please follow the instructions below:

1. Submit the online application.
2. Collect the required application enclosures (listed below). Please note that some documents may be required to be sent
separately by a third party. Make sure all documents are delivered in time.
3. Mark your UAF application number on each enclosure and the lower left corner of the envelope.
4. Send your application documents to University Admissions Finland by post or drop the documents in our mailbox. Make
sure the documents reach UAF by the end of the application period at 15.00 (GMT+2) at the latest.
UAF mailing address:

University Admissions Finland

Unioninkatu 40 C
FI-00170 Helsinki
FINLAND

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Required enclosures

-SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
-Degree certificate
-Officially certified copy of degree certificate
-Translation of degree certificate
-If the degree certificate has been issued in a language other than English,
Finnish or Swedish, an official translation to one of these languages is
required.
-Transcript of records
-Officially certified copy of transcript of records
-The official transcript of records must include the following information:
-full titles of the units that the student has completed for the
degree
-completion times of study units (or at the very least the overall
study time at the institution)
-grades obtained
-credits awarded
-information on the grading scale used at the institution at the time
of study
-Translation of transcript of records
-If the transcript of records has been issued in a language other than
English, Finnish or Swedish, an official translation to one of these
languages is required.

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-IELTS
-We accept electronic test scores only when they are made available to us online by
the test organiser. When requesting the IELTS test result to be submitted to us,
please write down University Admissions Finland as the recipient. Please note that
trf-links sent by e-mail will not be accepted.

Paper copies of IELTS score slips are accepted from both the test organiser and the
applicant.
-The programme accepts language tests that are no older than two years. The test
result must be valid throughout the application period and must not expire prior to
the application deadline.
-Minimum grade requirement(s)
-overall band score: 6.5

-Other required enclosures

-Copy of your passport's ID page
-Curriculum Vitae
-Recommendation letter (optional)

- Country-specific document requirement

-Bangladesh
-If you have completed or are completing your degree in Bangladesh, you
must submit the education documentation awarded by your university.
Degree certificates, transcripts, mark sheets and result cards must always
be awarded by the main university or a college that has a degree-awarding
status. Educational documents granted by affiliated colleges will not be
accepted.

You must submit a separate transcript, mark sheet or result card awarded
by your university indicating each attempt to complete a course as well as
the years. A consolidated statement of marks is not accepted.

Please note that the degree certificate and transcript of records must be
officially certified (attested) by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh,
more specifically by the Consular and Welfare Wing. Each page of the
transcript of records and the degree certificate must carry the original
stamp and signature of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh.

Further information can be found on the Ministry’s website

(www.mofa.gov.bd).
Language skill verification method

IELTS

Personal information
First name(s) as written in passport Previous first name(s) if applicable

Mahmudul
Last name(s) as written in passport Previous last name(s) if applicable

Islam
Passport number Gender

BC0205678 M

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Date of birth (dd.mm.yyyy) Place of birth

09.04.1988 Gazipur
Nationality

Bangladesh
Country of residence

Bangladesh
Postal address

Auchpara, 28, College Road, Nishat Nagar, Tongi, Gazipur, Bangladesh

Email address

r2000.gp@gmail.com
Phone number

+8801774736939
Preferred contact language

English
My contact information can be given for communication, promotion and development purposes related to studies.

Yes
My admission results can be published on the website of the university.

Yes

Language skills
I wish to study in

English
Language skill verification method

IELTS

Degree used as basis for eligibility

Name of the institution

Southeast University
Postal address of the institution

House#64, Road#18, Block#B, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh

Country where the institution is located

Bangladesh
Email address of the institution (may be used to verify your educational background)

seu.exam@gmail.com, exam@seu.ac.bd
Website of the institution

www.seu.ac.bd
Major subject in your degree

Telecommunications
Minor subject(s) in your degree

Data Communication, Signals and Systems, Digital Signal Processing

Title or subject of your thesis

Application areas of 3G technology

Grade of your thesis

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Grading scale

ScoresGrade Grade value

80-100A+4.00
75-79A3.75
70-74A-3.50
65-69B+3.25
60-64B3.00
55-59B-2.75
50-54C+2.50
45-49C2.25
40-44D2.00
< 40F0.00
Verification of grading scale

My university has no such website but the grading scale is mentioned in my transcript in
detail.
Name of the degree awarded to you (in original language)

BSc (Honours) in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (ETE)

Name of the degree in English, Finnish or Swedish

BSc (Honours) in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (ETE)

Duration of studies (indicated in years)

5
Years attended

08.09.2007 - 29.12.2012
I have graduated

Yes, degree awarded on (day/month/year) 09.02.2013

I have the final degree certificate

Yes
Student number

2007200100001
Secondary education (high school, upper secondary school)
Name of the school

Notre Dame College

Postal address of the school

GPO Box No. 5

Motijheel, Dhaka-1000
Bangladesh
Country where the school is located

Bangladesh
Email address of the school (may be used to verify your educational background)

unknown@example.com
Website of the school

N/A
Name of the diploma awarded to you (in original language)

Higher Secondary Certificate Examination

Name of the diploma in English, Finnish or Swedish

Higher Secondary Certificate Examination

Duration of studies (indicated in years)

2
Years attended

07.07.2003 - 18.06.2005

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I have graduated

Yes, degree awarded on (day/month/year) 26.09.2005

From the background education you have given above, please select the degree with which you wish to apply to your
chosen degree programme. Please submit the required application enclosures accordingly.

Southeast University, BSc (Honours) in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

(ETE)

Additional questions

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A letter of motivation should answer to these questions: why are you applying to the Master's Degree programme in Media
Education, what is your academic and personal goal, what are your expectations and challenges regarding the studies, how
your earlier studies support your Media Education studies, what kind of research projects interest you, and what kind of
effect will these studies have to your future career choices? In addition, the motivation letter can also describe the
applicant's hobbies, organisational activities, work experience and previous long-term periods abroad. Motivation letter is
written in English and it should be no longer than 10 000 characters in length.

Please note that you do not need to send a separate motivation letter to any of the faculties – the motivation letter you have
written in your UAF application is sufficient.

Allow me to begin with the honest confession that I did not academically study media
education in my bachelor’s programme. However, I strongly believe the experience and skills
that I have acquired by working in journalism for nearly three years make me a suitable
candidate for the master's programme in media education at the University of Lapland.

Having graduated with a degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering from

Southeast University, one of the prominent private universities in Dhaka, in 2012, I began
working at an online newspaper as a sub-editor in February 2013 because of my keen
interest in writing. There I gained practical knowledge of how the media works and the
massive role it plays in the lives of people of different communities in the society.

At work, I was fortunate enough to learn from a senior journalist who worked for the BBC
Bengali service in Dhaka for several years. I learned how to write reports on different
subjects, especially politics, crime, science and daily events. I was taught how to put together
different segments of a report to construct a complete and coherent story, how to substantiate
claims, how to verify the authenticity of sources, how to contextualise reports by finding and
adding relevant background information, and how to come up with different angles for a
single report to make it more compelling. I also learned how to effectively interview people
and how to cover seminars/roundtable discussions.

I did not struggle much to grasp what it takes to work as a journalist, largely because I had
been good at writing since my teenage years, and also because I had studied mathematics,
higher mathematics, physics, computer studies and other subjects of science discipline since
my school days. These subjects taught me how to make reasoned arguments, and how to
use formulas and evidence to draw logical conclusions.

Apart from writing news reports, I also began writing bylined articles, which not only helped
me broaden my knowledge of a variety of subjects but also gave me the opportunity to create
an identity of my own as a journalist. So far, I have written more than 20 bylined articles in
English and Bengali, and 12 of those have been published in the Dhaka Tribune, a national
English daily where I currently work at as a sub-editor. My articles published in the Dhaka
Tribune can be found here: www.dhakatribune.com/author/mahmudul-islam

What we read in newspapers or see on TV has a profound impact on how our thoughts are
shaped and how we form opinions on different issues that concern our daily lives at the
personal, social and national level. My love for journalism grew every day as I had this feeling
that I have the opportunity to touch people’s lives through my work.

I presently work at two media organisations. My morning job is at Thereport24.com, a

bilingual online newspaper where I have been working as a sub-editor for the English version
since December 2013 after leaving my first job in November that year. Here my primary role
is to translate Bengali reports into English.

Also, in the evening, I work in the central news desk at the Dhaka Tribune, where I have been

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employed since March 2014. At the Dhaka Tribune, I have to write or edit reports on politics
and other daily events that happen across Bangladesh.

Working at the same time in both the print and online media has provided me with extensive
practical knowledge of journalism, but I am applying to this master’s programme as I strongly
believe that an academic degree can give me the theoretical knowledge of this field that I
evidently lack. In this regard, I will be happy to complete complementary bridging studies of
25 ECTS that the programme offers for students who do not have enough previous studies in
media education.

In the future, I plan to work in the field of education as a journalist or writer as education is
what I am very passionate about. To give you an idea of how I am working towards my plan, I
have sent one of my published articles titled “The Finnish lesson” along with the application
documents. In the article, I have focused on how equity helped Finland transform its
education system and what Bangladesh can learn from this Nordic nation.

Moreover, the book “Finnish Lessons” by Finnish education expert Dr Pasi Sahlberg had a
profound impact on how I have thought about education for long. The book opened my eyes
to the wonderful concept of equity, which I found to be a very powerful feature that can
significantly alter an education system and produce surprising results. This is a key reason
why I want to pursue my master’s degree in Finland, as I have a keen interest in getting a first
-hand experience of how an equity-oriented education system impacts learning.

I understand that the master’s programme offers studies in the role of media in teaching and
learning. This is what particularly caught my attention when I went through the media
education programme structure on the university website. I believe the wider use of media
and technology will greatly influence the way students will learn in the future.

Dr Sahlberg has also written in his book that people in the future will give more attention to
media and communication technologies than they do today, and this will mean that people
will learn more about the world and other people through media and communication
technologies. I think the developed world is already seeing it happening to a large extent and
the developing countries will also catch up sooner or later.

I am interested in research projects that explore ways in which the media, coupled with the
information and communication technologies (ICT), can be optimised in a variety of learning
environments in order to facilitate learning and thereby boosting student performance.
Incorporating tools involving the utilisation of media and the ICT into teaching in addition to
the traditional model of delivering lectures can do wonders for students in terms of learning,
and I want to do my master’s research into this area.

The media education programme is thus completely consistent with my interest in the field
and my future plan. I am fully convinced that the two-year course will help me develop
adequate skills, especially in the areas of critical thinking and writing in-depth analyses, to
become a successful professional in the field of journalism. As an education journalist, I want
to write books on education, how education can be improved in a global context, and what
different countries can learn from the top-performing nations. I also want to publish scholarly
articles on education in reputed journals.

Moreover, during my master's programme, I have plans to write a book on the Finnish
education system, detailing the significance of equity to improve education, with the help of
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my teachers. I hope to publish the book in Finland before completing my master’s degree.

I believe you will offer me a place in the programme after taking into account my professional
experience and the firm commitment to do more in this field.

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Provide a summary or an abstract of the final thesis from your previous degree. The summary is written in English and it
should be no longer than 4 000 characters in length.

Summary
- must be short, clear description of the contents of the thesis (written assignment or research project)
- must include all the conclusions and pieces of new information included in the thesis
- presents the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions of the research
- outlines the contents in the same way as the thesis it is based on
- is written on one sheet (A4) and a division into paragraphs is used

Title of my bachelor’s final thesis: Application areas of 3G technology

Abstract
3G technology is being widely used throughout the world. Since its inception, numerous
operators in different countries have upgraded to this technology. In addition, various services
and applications are being developed and presented to the subscribers. The extreme
popularity of this wireless technology over its predecessors is characterised by the
introduction of multimedia services.

Among various applications, videoconferencing or video calling has really been accepted by
subscribers with great enthusiasm and interest. In this paper, a detailed overview of the 3G
technology has been presented. Besides, videoconferencing has been discussed in detail.

Table of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Generations of Wireless Technology
2.1 Zero Generation Technology (0G)
2.2 First Generation Technology (1G)
2.3 Second Generation Technology (2G)
2.3.1 2.5G – GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)
2.3.2 2.75G – EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution)
2.4 Evolution of 3G Technology
Chapter 3 Third Generation Technology
3.1 What is 3G
3.2 3G Network Standard
3.2.1 Spectrum Allocation
3.3 Main Features of 3G
3.3.1 How 3G is better
3.4 3G Network Architecture
Chapter 4 3G Services
4.1 Overview of 3G Services
4.2 Data Services
4.2.1 Mobile Internet Access
4.2.2 Mobile Intranet/Extranet Access
4.2.3 Customised Infotainment
4.2.4 Multimedia Messaging Service
4.2.5 Location Based Services
4.3 Voice Services
Chapter 5 3G Applications
5.1 Applications of 3G
5.1.1 Personal Applications
5.1.2 Application for Corporations
5.2 Video Conferencing
5.2.1 Technology

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5.2.2 Components of Videoconferencing

5.2.3 Conferencing Layers
5.2.4 Multipoint Videoconferencing
5.2.5 How Videoconferencing Works
Chapter 6 Conclusion
Appendix
References

Conclusion
3G mobile communication will definitely be an important milestone in technology. Data rates
will be higher in the near future and the uses of smart phones will soar. As a result, handsets
will be an indispensable part of our lives. The telecommunications environment of tomorrow
might be very different from that of today. Some changes will be evolutionary. Other
developments could be revolutionary in their impact.

In the near future, further enhancements will be seen in this area. A wide variety of
technologies are being harnessed to deliver optimal access. Advanced modulation and
coding schemes, spectrum sharing techniques and new multiple access schemes for the
radio interface will enhance performance by improving spectrum and bandwidth efficiency.
Processing the applications takes time and we ask you to be patient. The student selection results are released on 5 May
2016. Good luck, and we hope to see you in Rovaniemi, Lapland!

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