Admission

Overview of the Application Procedure

Welcome to the MIT Mathematics Graduate Admissions page. This page explains the application process in general. For complete details, go to the on-line application. These instructions are repeated there.

MIT admits students starting in the Fall term of each year only. Admission is to the PhD program only; there is no Masters program. There is no separate application for financial support; all admitted students are offered support. To apply follow these steps:

  1. Fill out the on-line application by 23:59, EST, December 15.

    You will be submitting:

    • field(s) of interest
    • personal information/addresses
    • international student data
    • three or more names and e-mail addresses of letter writers
    • educational and work history (including GRE/IELTS scores; honors)
    • grades in math/science/engineering courses and overall
    • statement of objectives
    • outside financial support and potential outside support
    • credit/debit card payment of $75

  2. Arrange for submission of (official reports only)

    • letters of recommendation
    • college transcripts
    • GRE general and math subject scores
    • IELTS (international students only)

    It is most helpful if your letter writers submit evaluations by the end of December. Once you have submitted your on-line application, instructions to your letter writers will be generated for you. You are responsible for making sure that your letter writers have copies of these instructions.

Mail official transcripts to:

Graduate Office, Room 2-233
Dept of Mathematics, MIT
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
USA

GRE reporting codes
MIT: 3514
Mathematics: 0700, 0702 or 0703 (does not matter which one)

IELTS is the only English language proficiency test accepted by MIT. To have IELTS results reported, indicate Mathematics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), on your IELTS test application. No code or address is needed. IELTS submits results electronically to MIT. (IELTS is owned jointly by the British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia, and the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations.)

If you are an international student, you should take the IELTS test by December 31. If you will receive an undergraduate degree from an English-speaking university that you will have attended for at least three years, then the Math Department will waive the English language proficiency test requirement.

If you are unable to take the IELTS test by December 31, you should submit the TOEFL score in your application, and take the IELTS test as soon as you can since you will be required to have taken the IELTS test before enrolling at MIT.

If, for some reason, you are unable to use the on-line system, you may use paper forms. But note that on-line documents allow us to consider your application more quickly and conveniently. Your letter writers may also use paper forms, if necessary.

Please address questions about the application process to gradofc@math.mit.edu, or call +1 617 253 2689. You can find more information about MIT graduate admissions in general at the MIT Graduate Admissions site.