DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
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Graduate Program Exam Dates

Qualifying exams are given each August and January. The deadline for sign-up is October 31 for January exams and March 31 for the August exams. (You can still sign up after these dates, but only if the exams you propose to take do not conflict with one another.)

Qualifying Exam Schedule, August, 2008

  • Monday, August 4, 2008 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.):
    Analysis
    Probability
  • Wednesday, August 6, 2008 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.):
    Algebra
    Logic
    Numerical Analysis
  • Friday, August 8, 2008 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.):
    Applied Statistics
    Geometry/Topology
    Partial Differential Equations
  • Monday, August 11, 2008 (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.):
    Ordinary Differential Equations
    Statistics

Language Exams

Language Exams (in French, German and Russian) are administered each semester, usually on some Saturday in October and some Saturday in April. Students for whom Saturday exams present a religious problem should contact the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, and an alternative arrangement will be made. In Spring 2008, the Language Exams will be given April 19, 9AM - 12 noon, in room MTH 3206.

Other Dates

For other important dates for graduate students that are set by the university, please see this link.