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Mathematics
Application Opens:
September 14
Deadline:
December 15 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Fee:
$90.00
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
Department ELP test policy: Applicants should submit the IELTS or TOEFL, not both exams. Waivers of TOEFL/IELTS may be available.
Required:
Optional:
Submitting GRE scores is entirely optional: We will accept scores if submitted (and are most interested in the Math Subject test result, if any) but it will not hurt your application if not included.
The only paper documents needed are your official transcripts (which will be requested only if admitted).
Financial support is guaranteed for five years to students making satisfactory progress. Students receive full tuition, a stipend, and individual health coverage. Support is in the form of:
All students are supported on full fellowships in their first year, so have no teaching duties.
Teaching assistants either teach recitation sections or grade papers for more advanced courses. Both jobs are paid at the same rate, and both require about 10-12 hours per week. Teaching is an important part of the graduate education in Mathematics and all students are expected to teach at least one semester and preferably more, whether supported through other means or not.
Students are encouraged to seek outside fellowships and grants. We do not require students to begin fellowships in their first year in our graduate program (but the granting agency may have such a requirement).
If an outside fellowship partially covers a student’s full tuition and stipend, then the department will supplement the remainder, either through a teaching assistantship, a research assistantship, or a departmental fellowship, in order to bring all students up to the same level of support.
