Requirements for PhD Degree

The PhD Program

The Department offers Ph. D. program in the following two major areas.

1. Applied Mathematics & Numerical Analysis

2. Pure Mathematics Each of these two areas consists of a number of fields of  specialization

PhD Admission Requirements

Applicants should have a Masters’s degree in Mathematics or a related field with a minimum GPA of 3.0 from an institution of acceptable standing. They should also meet the standards of  performance in the GRE advanced test in mathematics and in the TOEFL as laid down by the College of Graduate Studies. Any deficiency in the mathematical background of a student must be removed within two semesters of admission into the graduate program.

PhD Degree Requirements

1. Each entering student will take an Entrance Examination.

2. Each Ph.D. student will complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate level courses, in addition to his M.S. degree and deficiency courses. These courses are to be chosen such that

1. A minimum of 15 credit hours must be in one of the two major areas cited above. Of these, 12 must be in the student’s field of specialization.

2. A minimum of 6 credit hours must be taken in a minor field from outside the student’s chosen area

3. A minimum of 4 600-level courses in mathematics must be taken for credit.

3. After completion of most of his course work, a Ph. D. student will take a written Comprehensive Examination, covering certain basic areas of mathematics as well as areas related to his specialization.

4. Following this, the Ph. D. student will take an oral Comprehensive Examination designed to test the depth of his knowledge in his chosen field of concentration, particularly as related to his proposed dissertation research.

5. The student must submit and successfully defend a dissertation based on original and scholarly research done by him and judged to be a significant contribution to his area of specialization

PhD Degree Plan