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Upcoming Exam Dates

The January 2025 Qualifying Exams will take place from January 17th to January 24th.

Time & Location: Examinations will be held from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST, in MTH 3206.

Exam Dates:

  • Friday, January 17, 2025: Algebra and Mathematical Statistics
  • Tuesday, January 21, 2025: Analysis and Applied Statistics
  • Thursday, January 23, 2025: Probability

Friday, January 24, 2025: Snow date for any of the above exams

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Requirements for the Ph.D. in Mathematics (Exams and Courses)

The requirements below are for students in pure mathematics, not in statistics. For students in Statistics: Qualifying Exams must be passed in Statistics, Probability, and Applied Statistics. 

1. MATH students must pass at least 2 exams from the following list: 

*Algebra (Math 600, 601)
*Analysis (Math 630, 660)
Probability (Stat 600, 601)
Statistics (Stat 700, 701)

*One of the 2 exams should be Algebra OR Analysis

2. Each student must pass an equivalent of 8 courses via coursework or qualifying exams

Each qualifying exam counts for two courses, the exam and its corresponding courses can be seen above. However, no more than 4 courses (including those counted via passing qualifying exams) can come from the same list: 

More information (including 2 examples) can be found here.

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Important note: The qualifying requirements for the Scientific Computation concentration of the AMSC program are  different. In addition, students in the Applied Mathematics concentration of the AMSC program usually must take one or more exams outside of the mathematics department; see here for further information.