By Motivation letters, Business letters

"Yours faithfully" for an application letter? I think not; too familiar. . This is more like a business letter. In fact, I would make the salutation To Whom It May Concern and end it with Sincerely, But then again, I give a US perspective.

Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to you to apply for the Master’s Degree in Public Management in which I am particularly interested. My aim is to work in an international field related to public management and consulting. Therefore I would like to gain a deeper theoretical knowledge in management...

I'd place more emphasis on what you can do for them rather than what they can do for you - so re-think your first paragraph. Address - it is not correct to refer to a woman as 'Madam name....' Only use madam if you do not know the woman's name. You need to use 'Miss/Mrs/Ms name .....' as...

To whom, not For whom Colon, not comma after concern for the patent, not for patent spell out small numbers: three in a good, not within good to European, not at European no hyphen: North American no capitals: the construction site gained in not gained into the no comma after...

Dear Sir or Madam: I am applying for the Engineering program (Diplome d'Ingenieur)at a member institution of N+I. I graduated in Automation with a bachelor degree in 2003 from the university of Science and Technology. My study focuses on Control Theory, Distributed and Process Control....