Deadlines and Information from the Graduate School

Applications for Fall Semester 2025 are due by January 15, 2025

Applicants for any graduate degree in Mathematics  should submit an application for graduate study along with undergraduate transcripts and recommendations. The ApplyYourself website will allow you to request confidential online recommendation letters from your recommendation providers. To do so, you will need to provide the names and email addresses of recommendation providers who have agreed in advance to write letters for you. The Mathematics Department application requires at least three recommendation letters from your professors (or persons who assess in detail your academic performance and potential).

International students are required to submit TOEFL (internet based) or IELT scores. The Office of Graduate Studies language requirements are described here. The GRE general test and mathematics subject test are not required.

Please note that admission to the Ph.D. program requires that a graduate student pass the qualifying examinations.  Admission to the graduate program does NOT guarantee admission to the Ph.D. program.

Apply Yourself

  • Select a degree from the Graduate Degrees offered by the MU Mathematics Department. Indicate your selection as follows:
    • Mathematics Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
      • Admissions Category: Graduate Degree Sought at MU: Doctorate
      • Graduate Program to which you are seeking admissions: Mathematics Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    • Applied Mathematics Master of Science (MS)
      • Admissions Category: Graduate Degree Sought at MU: Master's
      • Graduate Program to which you are seeking admissions: Applied Mathematics Master of Science (MS)
    • Mathematics Master of Arts (MA)
      • Admissions Category: Graduate Degree Sought at MU: Master's
      • Graduate Program to which you are seeking admissions: Mathematics Master of Arts (MA)
    • Mathematics Master of Science for Teachers (MST)
      • Graduate Program to which you are seeking admissions: Mathematics Master of Science for Teachers (MST)
      • Admissions Category: Mathematics Master of Science for Teachers (MST)
    • Dual Master's in Applied Mathematics and Economics
      • Choose a primary department for your application (either Mathematics or Economics). If you choose Mathematics as your primary department, follow the application directions above for the Mathematics Master of Arts (MA). If you choose Economics as your primary department, contact the Economics office for application instructions.

Supplemental Information:

  • (Required) Upload your Personal Statement, Statement of Goals or Statement of Purpose.
    • Please indicate the specific degree for which you are applying, any additional degrees for which you may later apply, and explain your reasons for choosing to pursue these degrees at the University of Missouri. Note that admissions criteria for the PhD are more stringent than for the Master's. MU PhD students can later add a Master's degree to their program of study without requiring departmental approval. MU Master's students who wish to later add the PhD to their program of study require departmental evaluation and approval.
    • International applicants applying from outside North America who seek financial support from the Department of Mathematics will only be considered for the PhD program. If you are a self-supported international student seeking no financial support from our department, please explain in the statement of purpose.