Frequently Asked Questions

Apply on-line at the Auburn University Graduate School to enter the graduate program.

Send to the department
i.   a list of the universities you have attended with the degrees you obtained and
ii.  a list of the math classes you have taken with the grade you obtained; and
iii. 3 letters of recommendation.
Send them all to:

Professor C. Rodger
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
221 Parker Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849-5310
USA

How do I apply for a Teaching Assistantship?

There are three steps:

Apply on-line at the Auburn University Graduate School to enter the graduate program.

Apply for a Teaching Assistantship (TA) by completing the form.

The TA application process requires three (3) letters of recommendation that can be sent directly to the Department: Professor C. Rodger; Department of Mathematics & Statistics; 221 Parker Hall; Auburn University, AL 36849-5310, USA.

Because we have no cut-off date, you can apply at any time, but note:

For Fall (August) applicants, we begin looking at applications in the preceding February, so we strongly advise you to have a completed application before then.

For Spring (January) applicants, we begin looking in the preceding September.

Graduate students with TAs receive a full tuition waiver for up to 40 hours in a master's program (the degree requires 30 hours to be taken) and up to 80 hours in a PhD program (the degree requires 60 hours to be taken).

TAs are paid based on the amount of teaching they are asked to do. Currently, TAs receive at least $13,000, but often around $16,000.

TAs receive training in good pedagogical approaches to teaching.

All applicants must take the GRE and have the official test results sent to the Graduate School, but the subject test is NOT required.

International students with a degree from an American or Canadian university do not need to take the TOEFL.

Auburn does require the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to be taken. (Successful international applicants must score at least 550 on the TOEFL paper version (pBT), 213 on the computer version (cBT), and 79 on the internet version (iBT). Additionally, successful applicants must score minimums of 16 on the listening, reading, speaking, and writing components of the iBT. Auburn University's ETS institution code is 1005.)

We will accept a TOEFL score providing Auburn University receives an official copy from ETS before the expiration date of your test.

Auburn will also accept a 6.5 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam.

TAs must pass the Test of Spoken English before completing their first year of graduate work at Auburn.

See also the webpage for the Auburn University Graduate School.

A listing of faculty and their interests, along with other information can be found at our home page.

A listing of the courses available at Auburn can be found at the Auburn Bulletin.

From time to time, faculty members have grants that can pay graduate students, but they are usually reserved for students engaged in their doctoral research.

The internationally known faculty of around fifty (50) professors work in areas of applied mathematics, pure mathematics, and statistics; some pursue interdisciplinary mathematics. Specifically, areas studied include

algebra (representation theory of groups and Lie algebras, abelian groups, homological algebra, invariant theory);

biomathematics (population dynamics, pattern formation, tumor growth models);

analysis (real and complex analysis, harmonic analysis, approximation theory, wavelets);

discrete mathematics (graph theory, design theory, coding theory);

differential equations

ODEs (nonlinear oscillators, neural networks, stochastic equations, equations in
Banach spaces)

PDEs (elliptic and parabolic equations, reaction-diffusion systems, applications in

climate modeling, biology, and fluid dynamics);

dynamical systems (monotone and skew-product flows, complex dynamics, symbolic and lattice dynamics);

fluid dynamics (Navier-Stokes equations, magnetohydrodynamics, applications in materials processing);

geometry;

linear and multilinear algebra;

numerical analysis and computation (numerical and computational linear algebra, numerical and computational PDEs, finite-element and finite-difference methods, applications in fluid dynamics, elasticity, chemistry, geology, and biology);

probability and stochastic processes;

set theory (including logic);

statistics;

topology (continuum theory, set-theoretic topology, algebraic topology).