Graduate programs in mathematics
Requirements
How to apply
- How to apply - domestic students
- How to apply - international students
- TOEFL requirements for international students
On the application forms, there is a checkbox for you to indicate if you also want to apply for a graduate assistantship. You may also get the assistantship application form here. Letters of recommendation and the assistantship application form should be sent to the department secretary or mailed to
Department of Mathematics
The University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-4002
New Funding for Master's Degrees
The Department of Mathematics offers a variety of interdisciplinary accelerated 5-year BS/MS programs! Transition to the graduate program happens during the 4th year. Your Akron Guarantee Scholarship can be used in the first 4 years to cover both undergraduate and graduate expenses, and the Department has graduate assistantships available for the 5th year. Planning early is the key to success for these programs; for more information contact Dr. Pat Wilber, Graduate Coordinator of the Math Department, at jw50@uakron.edu.
Five-year BS/MS in Applied Mathematics
Five-year BS/MS in Applied Mathematics and Polymer Engineering
Where graduates work and study
Our master's programs prepare you for work in industry, government agencies, academia and for further graduate studies. Some of our recent graduates have gone to work at
- Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory
- General Electric
- American Greetings
- Roadway
- Infocision
- Aircraft Braking Systems
- Luke Engineering
- Fairissac
- Equity Engineering Group
- Brown-Mackie
- Los Alamos National Lab
- Technigraphics
and some have entered Ph. D. programs at
- Arizona State University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Northwestern University
- North Carolina State University
- Ohio University
- Penn State University
- University of British Columbia
- University of Akron
- University of Georgia
- Case Western Reserve University
- Columbia University
- Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
If you are a talented, ambitious student, our accelerated, five-year BS/MS programs are right for you. Overlap in the undergraduate and graduate programs allows you to graduate a year early. You have an opportunity for a Teaching Assistantship in the last two years, and you'll begin your research project early.
