Application Procedure, Deadlines and Requirements

1. Please review the application requirements below. 
2. Fill out the  Preliminary Application Form linked from here. 
3. Wait for a reply before formally applying in step 4 below.
4. After you have heard from us, apply officially online through the Division of Graduate Education website.  There you will be required to 
   • complete a Graduate Studies Application Form (online and includes a Cumulative GPA Calculation Form)
   • pay an application fee (50$ online, 60$ paper)
5. After reading the Division of Graduate Education instructions in item 3 above, all applicants will be directed to mail 
   
   
   • Official transcripts from all Universities and Colleges you attended
   • a minimum of 3 letters of recommendation
   • Official GRE scores (verbal, quantative, analytical - no subject exam)
   • A short essay describing your interests and aspirations
   
   to the following mailing address:

              Montana State University - Bozeman
              Department of Mathematical Sciences
              Attn: Graduate Program Committee
              PO Box 172400
              Bozeman, MT 59717-2400

   International applications require additional documentation. If you are an international applicant, please complete the Preliminary Application Form and we will then provide you with a list of the additional requirements.
   

Application Requirements:

1. The student should have a B (3.0 GPA) average or better for the last two years of undergraduate or graduate work.
2. All applicants to our department are required to take the general part of the GRE exam unless they are applying to the Math Education MSMME program. The GRE subject exam is not required for any departmental program.  The minimum standards for a GTA, which can be relaxed at the discretion of the department, is a GRE verbal score of 480. GRE exams should be taken well enough in advance that so official scores can be reported to us prior to the application deadlines below.
3. To achieve regular admission status, we recommend:
   1. mathematics majors complete an undergraduate linear algebra and advanced calculus sequence
   2. statistics majors have two years of calculus and one year of statistics
   3. Mathematics education majors should have one of the following:
   4. 1. a teaching certificate with a mathematics endorsement
      2. two years K-12 teaching experience
      3. two years college teaching experience
   
   

Foreign applicants must also meet certain english proficiency requirements. The minimum requirements for acceptance are set by the Division of Graduate Education. Every foreign student must take either the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System) exam. Foreign students teaching in a classroom must additionally meet minimal scores in either the TSE (Test of Spoken English) or SPEAK test administered here on campus.

• english proficiency requirements for acceptance
• english proficiency requirements for acceptance with a GTA appointment
  

US resident and international applicants have different application deadlines summarized below.  However, note that our department begins assigning GTA teaching assistantships much earlier than these deadlines:

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