A student must have completed a baccalaureate degree with a 3.0 GPA over the last 60 hours of course work and have a good background in mathematics, including at least 9 hours of mathematics at the junior or senior level. A student need not have majored in Mathematics to be admitted into this program.

Please refer to the Admission Requirements.

• Fall: June 5th (U.S. applicants). May 1st (international applicants).
• Spring: December 4th (U.S. applicants). October 1st (international applicants).
• To apply for Teaching Fellowship: March 15th (for both U.S. and international applicants)

You should have taken three (3)  Junior undergraduate level mathematical courses.

The code for UH-Main Campus is 6870.

No.

Yes. You can send non-official GRE and TOEFL scores to us now. The Mathematics Department will review your file for admission. If you are admitted to the program with or without financial assistance (you will be informed shortly after the deadline of March 15th), you must send official GRE and TOEFL scores to us otherwise we are unable to process your application to give you official admission and the I-20 form.

Yes. You can take courses as a PB (post-baccalaureate) student.

The post-baccalaureate status is designed for applicants who have earned one or more degrees at an accredited institution and seek another undergraduate degree, wish to enter a non-degree program, or wish to further their education by taking courses in varying fields of study. Students who received their prior degree at another institution should apply to the Office of Admissions to be admitted as a post-baccalaureate student.

• TA's Handbook 
• Teaching Fellowship Application

In general, no, except some special circumstance.

20 hr/week. For example, it would include teaching (3) Calculus recitation sections. (6) class hours/ week, plus grading, office hours, preparing, and exam supervising.

In most cases, each supported student is required to take at least (1) regular course per semester.

More precisely a student who...

• has not passed (3) exams should take (3) regular courses
• only passes (3) exams should take (2) regular courses (unless requested by the Faculty advisor); a PhD student should take at least (1) regular course.

We have the Computational Math Option, Financial Math Option and the Math Education Program.

If you are a PhD student before or in the last year of graduation, you can request to teach a regular course by asking the Graduate Director (if the director approves it).

If approved, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in understanding, reading, writing, and speaking the English language.

It is possible. It requires the department approval based on the following conditions:

• If the course is related to the degree program.
• If It is required by the research field; otherwise after all the degree requirements are met.
• At most one course per semester.

To obtain PhD degree, a student needs to take a Doctoral Dissertation course (Math 8399, 8699) in his/her last academic semester. A PhD student could also take a Doctoral Research course (Math 8198, 8298, 8398, 8498, 8598, 8698).

1. A student should obtain the section number from their Faculty Advisor for the course.
2. If a course section and class number have not been assigned for the course, the Faculty Advisor should make a request to the Graduate Director to have the section number/class numbers created. 

The Ph.D. preliminary exams take place twice a year:

• the week before the fall semester
• the week before the spring semester

If you find all the requirements for your MS degree are met and you plan to graduate by the end of a certain semester, you need to speak with the Graduate Academic Advisor to complete the Graduation Form before the corresponding deadline.

Please contact the Graduate Academic Advisor to know the deadline.

Students on an I-20 completing their graduate degree and continuing studies in the math department (ex.: completed M.S. -> continuing to PhD), should update their I-20 NO LATER than 60 DAYS after the completion of the degree.

Contact UH ISSSO for assistance.

You can register for MATH 8399 or 8699: Doctoral Dissertation only if you:

• have received a M.S. degree or
• have had 36 or more graduate credit hours and
• have passed all (3) PhD preliminary exams.

• A Graduate Elective course could be a non-MATH course (general elective) or a MATH course (not needed for your program). Neither course is specified or required for your program, regarding course curriculum or topics. If you don't want to take a non-MATH course, you can simply enroll in an online graduate MATH course to complete your General Elective requirement.
• For the Master's Tutorial (MATH 6315) you need to contact a professor  who previously taught you.and ask to complete a Master Tutorial with them. If approved,  the professor will give you the section number of MATH 6315 and assign a project to you.