🎉Upcoming Events and Deadlines🎉
Fall Qualifying Exams
Deadline to Sign Up: Monday, August 4 at 9:00 am
Monday, August 18, 2025: Algebra & Math Stat
Wednesday, August 20, 2025: Analysis & App Stat
Friday, August 22, 2025: Probability & Geometry
Orientation
Monday, August 25 to Friday, August 29
Incoming students will participate in orientation week. All incoming students will need to attend Monday, August 25 for the entire day. Only new TAs will need to attend Tuesday-Friday sessions.
Welcome Back- Burgers & Ice Cream!
Friday, August 29 at 11:30am to 12:30pm
Outside behind Kirwan Hall (Rotunda if raining)
All Math/Stat/AMSC students are invited to attend a welcome back lunch. Catering by Shake Shack (veggie/vegan options available). Ice cream provided by the Maryland Dairy.
Labor Day: University Closed
Monday, September 1
The University will be closed (no classes, no office/staff workers) on Monday, September 1 to observe Labor Day.
First Day of Classes
Tuesday, September 2
If you are working as a returning TA, please be back on campus by Wednesday, August 27. (New TAs should be back by August 25).
Class Registration Reminders
Auditing Courses
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Audited courses do not count towards your status as a full-time student. For example, if you are taking 8 credits, but 3 of those credits come from an audited course, you are technically enrolled in 5 credits, which may or may not be enough to keep you as a full-time student.
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Audited courses do count towards your tuition remission and mandatory fees. You can only take up to 10 credits with tuition remission. You cannot go over 10 credits, even if some credits are audited. Enrolling in 9 credits or more (even if some credits are audited) will result in mandatory fees of $727. However, enrolling in 8 credits or less will result in mandatory fees of $357.50.
Full- Time Status
To be a full-time student, you need 48 units. Please confirm you have 48 units on your schedule using the information below. Note: If you are a TA/RA/Grader, your assistantship is worth 24 units, therefore your course schedule only needs to carry 24 or more units.
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Courses in the series 000-399 carry 2 units per credit hour.
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Courses in the series: 400-499 carry 4 units per credit hour.
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Courses in the series: 600-897 carry 6 units per credit hour.
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Master's Research course: 799 carries 12 units per credit hour.
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Pre-candidacy Doctoral Research courses: 898 carries 18 units per credit hour.
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Doctoral Dissertation Research: 899 carries 18 units per credit hour. All doctoral candidates will be automatically registered for six (6) credit hours of 899; this defines all currently registered doctoral candidates as full-time.
Outside Courses: Not all classes outside the math department are covered by your tuition remission.Graduate Programs with Non-standard Tuition and Fees:
College of Information Studies
Office of Advanced Engineering Education
Office of Extended Studies – Professional Programs
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Registration Dates
Schedule adjustment period Sept 2, 2025 (Tues) - Sep 16, 2025 (Tues)
Last day to drop a course with 100% refund: September 8. After this date, only "even exchanges" may occur with no financial penalty until September 16. (i.e. drop a 3 credit course and add a 3 credit course within the same transaction)
Resource Reminders
All PhD students have access to the prospectus repository to upload and view peer's prospectus papers when applying for candidacy. If you have already advanced, it would be helpful to fellow students to upload your prospectus as they prepare for their own candidacy exams.
All students have access to the Math Job Page for internship, fellowship, and career opportunities. Please check periodically.
Find an Advisor Spreadsheet
This resource is designed to help you explore potential research advisors, whose research aligns with your interests. This spreadsheet includes information on faculty research areas, whether they are accepting students, their availability, their students' research, and more.
General overview of the MATH and STAT program policies (Includes information on obtaining an MA degree).