u/MobileMechanic4197

Hello everyone, I hope you guys are doing good. I'm in Vietnam. I've graduated since the September of last year and I'm aiming for a scholarship for a Master Degree in English. A little bit about my profile:

• I graduated with a "Good" classification (Excellent/Distinction) in Business English from a top economics university, GPA 3.43/4.00.
• IELTS 7.0 (2025)
• HSK 3 (2021)
• Participated in a volunteer activity for a running event + interned for an activity at a government/state agency (can request a certificate of confirmation if needed).
• No scientific research competitions or published articles, but I have a Graduation Thesis (score 9/10), and my performance in the Scientific Research Methodology course—which involved a project similar to actual scientific research—was also quite good (I don't know if this part can be included).
• Have internship experience at several different companies.

I'm chasing the BA role currently. However due to the raising of AI, I think that following major that are not focus more on IT but on the mix of Business and IT are more favorable for me (However I also choose some management/business major to suit my profile more). I also attached my university list below. Here are some points that I'm wondering:

1. When applying for a Master program in a University, do I need to contact professors before officially applying into the university?
2. If contacting professors is needed, then what should I attached in the email and do I need to mention about any scholarships at this time?
3. Can I mention all the information of my profile in the CV and send it to the professors along with the first email cause my current CV is concentrating only on BA role and related skills?
4. When contacting professors, can I contact many professors in the same departments or 1 is enough?
5. Is there any appropriate amount of university that I should apply in a period of time? or is there any strategy for this period as I have two ways of major to apply?

Classification	School	Department/Major
Dream School	Kyoto University	i-MBA; East Asia Sustainable Economic Development Studies; International Course in Urban and Regional Development; Social Informatics (First choice)
Target School	Kobe University	KIMAP in Management; KIMAP in Economics
Target School	APU	Graduate School of Management & Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies
Target School	Keio University	Graduate School of System Design and Management
Safety School	University of Aizu	Graduate Department of Information Technologies and Project Management