Math Department Graduate Admissions
About Us
If you are considering applying to our Mathematics graduate program, here
are some links on our www site you may want to read. See general information for an introduction to
our graduate programs. If you are interested in the interdisciplinary program
in Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computation, visit the AMSC website. If you are interested
in the Statistics Program, visit the STAT website. The official
graduate catalog descriptions of our three programs, including a list of
faculty and admission requirements and deadlines, are given in sites for
the three programs MATH,
AMSC,
and STAT.
Lots of additional information is available from the graduate program home page.
For more information, you may contact us at mathgrad@deans.umd.edu.
About Financial Aid
A large fraction of our students receive some form of financial aid, through
fellowships, Teaching Assistantships, and Research Assistantships.
The graduate school also provides some
graduate assistant
positions , but most of our student support is administered by the
mathematics department. Competition for this support is strong and we able
to fund only the best applicants. Generally, students applying only for
a master's degree will not qualify for financial aid and will have lower priority for admission.
For information about financial aid administered by
the Mathematics Department, send
e-mail to mathgrad@deans.umd.edu
with your questions or requests. Some financial aid administered by the department
comes from Federal grants and is restricted to US citizens and permanent
residents. For that reason, we unfortunately cannot support many
foreign students.
Note: Foreign applicants whose native language is not English
are required to take the TOEFL (Test
of English as a Foreign Language), and are strongly recommended to take
the TSE (Test of
Spoken English) as well. Usually, students with TOEFL scores below 100 are not admitted. See here
for the university's English proficiency requirement (scroll down the
page). All applicants that are offered a Teaching Assistantship
are expected to have demonstrated fluency in English.
Anyone that was offered a Teaching Assistantship,
but was not schooled in an English-speaking country,
must pass the International Teaching Assistants
Evaluation before they are eligible to teach.
How to Apply
Before you apply
This Graduate School link answers many questions, as does the
Graduate School FAQ.
The Application
To apply, go to the Graduate School
Admissions page where you can fill out the online application form.
The program code for mathematics is MATH , for statistics is
STAT, and for applied mathematics is AMSC.
There is a nonrefundable application fee of $75.
After your application has been registered by the system, you will receive a
request to submit additional information about your advanced courses and
an application for financial aid (teaching assistantship or fellowship).
Transcripts and GRE scores You must have official
transcripts of your undergraduate work and GRE (Graduate Record Exam) scores
sent to the graduate school. Both the General GRE and the subject test
in Mathematics
are required, though we sometimes waive the requirement of the subject test
if there is some reason why you can't take it.
For requirements which apply only to international applicants, please
see the international
students website.
Letters of Recommendation When you receive the request for additional
information, you will be asked to enter the names of your letter writers again.
They will then receive an email asking them to submit a letter of recommendation
on line. The Graduate School strongly encourages your letter writers to
submit their recommendations on line. However, if your recommender prefers
to send a paper letter, the letter form, and the address to which it should
be sent can be found on the
admissions page
of the Graduate School web site.
Our mailing address, if you need to
write to us, is:
Graduate Office
Department of Mathematics
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4015
USA
Deadlines
Applications for financial aid are only processed once a year, for admission
for the fall semester.
FALL SEMESTER:
| JANUARY 15th | Domestic and International applicants (best consideration for Fin. Aid) |
| FEBRUARY 1st | International Students under "F" or "J" type Visas |
| MAY 1st | Domestic applicants (No financial aid) |
SPRING SEMESTER:
| JUNE 1st | International Students |
| SEPTEMBER 15th | Domestic applicants Preferred |
| OCTOBER 1st | Domestic applicants |
The earlier deadlines for foreign students are due to the
extra time it takes to process the paperwork for a US visa
|
