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Priority Deadline (PhD applicants) We strongly encourage applicants to submit their applications by this deadline for priority review.
Final Deadline (All applicants) Applicants who apply by the final deadline will still have their files formally reviewed by the admissions committee for full consideration. We do not accept late applications.
You can begin your application for the graduate degree programs online through the UW Graduate School website . The online application lets you know what materials you need to submit, and allows you to save your information before submitting.
All application materials, including letters of recommendation and application fee, are due by posted deadlines. You may need to remind your letter writers of the deadline. No hard-copy application materials should be mailed to the department!
Required of all applicants:
- Unofficial Transcript(s)
- Statement of Purpose - A S tatement of Purpose (SOP), sometimes referred to as a personal statement, tells the admissions committees a little bit about who you are, what your academic and professional interests are, and what you will be able to add to the graduate program. Graduate programs are demanding and a SOP should be used to demonstrate your motivation, work ethic and qualifications to complete the program. Our statement of purpose prompt is outlined within the online application.
- Resume or CV
- Three Recommendations
- Application Fee* *see below for information on fee waivers
- Graduate School online application
Optional for all applicants:
GRE General and/or Subject Scores are not required, but optional. If you have tested and would like your scores to be considered, you may submit self-reported GRE scores in your application and official scores via ETS using code 4854.
For students applying to the PhD Program:
PhD applicants who identify as members of underrepresented or marginalized groups may be interested may be interested in the F-GAP mentoring program offered by the Math Alliance where your materials are reviewed by a faculty member. To apply for the F-GAP mentoring program a student must first become an Alliance Predoctoral Scholar .
For applicants whose native language is not English :
Review the Graduate School's English Language Proficiency requirements . If you have test scores to fulfill this requirement, official scores must be sent electronically to the University of Washington via the testing center.
We offer a limited number of departmental fee waivers for PhD applicants who do not qualify for the UW Graduate School's application fee waiver .
If you do not qualify for the Graduate School's fee waiver, a departmental fee waiver may be granted to applicants who identify as members of underrepresented or marginalized groups. Waivers may also be granted on a need basis.
To request a departmental fee waiver, e mail [email protected] to explain why you are seeking a waiver. In your request, please include the following information:
- Your full name
- Application ID Number
- Your citizenship
Departmental fee waiver requests must be made no later than 4 business days before the final application deadline (ie: for Autumn 2025 applicants, requests must be sent via email by January 7, 2025). Additionally, all other application materials must be included in your application file for consideration.
Graduate Non-matriculated (GNM) status provides access to graduate courses for those who are not currently seeking a graduate degree, but who may later want to apply these credits (up to 12) toward one of our graduate degree programs. A bachelor’s degree and 3.0 GPA in your last 90 quarter (60 semester) hours are required to apply for GNM status. Prior to submitting an application, please review information about Graduate Non-Matriculated (GNM) enrollment . GNM status is only available for fall admissions to the online MS program. GNM application requirements and instructions can be found here .
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Please visit our FAQs . If you have further questions, please email [email protected] .
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The Department of Mathematics offers a PhD and several Master's degrees. We have about 90 graduate students, and we typically admit 15-20 each year. It is primarily a PhD program, and almost all of our students are supported through Teaching Assistantships.
How many students do you accept in the PhD program? Out of the 300 applications we normally review, we make around 15-20 offers per year. We usually have an average incoming class of 8 students.
These guidelines are intended to help familiarize graduate students with the policies governing the graduate program leading to the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Applied Mathematics.
PhD Students engage with faculty one-on-one in pursuing their research interests. We offer a broad curriculum of graduate courses in applied mathematics to provide students with the tools they need to succeed, and we offer different degree options tailored to our student’s academic goals: PhD program Applied Math MS On-campus Program Applied ...
Applying to the PhD Program. Since all entry-level graduate courses are year-long sequences beginning in the autumn, applications for admission are normally accepted only for autumn quarter. Applications must be complete by December 11, 2024 for admission the following autumn.
It is important to read all directions carefully before proceeding with your graduate school application. Since all entry-level graduate courses are year-long sequences beginning in the autumn, applications for admission are normally accepted only for autumn quarter.
Our program is very strong and we have only a limited number of funded PhD positions, so to have a realistic chance of getting admitted to the PhD program in mathematics, you should have received grades of at least 3.5 (A–/B+) in most of your mathematics courses.
All PhD students must take twelve 500-level numerically graded courses in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, or Statistics in their first two years of study. Students are expected to take seven quarters of core courses; at least five of them in their first year.
Register for one of the information sessions below to learn more about the PhD & MS programs.
For information about applying to Graduate Programs in Mathematics, visit the Admissions website. Current students contact: Graduate Program in Mathematics C-36 Padelford Hall, Box 354350 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-4350. Phone: 206-543-6830 Email: [email protected]. Or: Julia Pevtsova, Graduate Program Coordinator ...