Doctor of Philosophy in Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics

The Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics (AIM) graduate program in the Rackham Graduate School at the University of Michigan grants M.S. and Ph.D. degrees and has the Department of Mathematics as its administrative home. Please use the navigation at the top of the page to navigate to pages containing more information about the AIM Program's Mission and History, Program Requirements, and resources for both current and prospective students, and faculty members. The AIM Ph.D. Program allows students to engage in interdisciplinary research involving both mathematics and a partner discipline in engineering, the sciences, or social sciences (for example, biology, economics, etc.).

Two types of students are generally considered for admission to the AIM Ph.D. program:

Mathematics majors, with excellent grades in mathematics courses, outstanding GRE scores in the mathematics subject test, and excellent letters of recommendation. The admissions committee will also take into account other scholarly activities such as summer research experience, published papers, or courses in other fields.
Non-mathematics majors from the physical, life, or engineering sciences, or from other appropriate areas of study. Such students are expected to have completed at least two upper division mathematics courses, and/or have substantial exposure to mathematics in other courses, and are strongly advised to submit a GRE subject test score for an exam in the major field (in addition to the required GRE mathematics subject test). Other experience in working with mathematics (for instance, summer research positions) will also be taken into account, as well as grade point average and letters of recommendation.

The GRE Rescaled Mathematics Subject Test is required for admission to the AIM Ph.D. program. Applicants not majoring in mathematics should seriously consider submitting in addition scores from a GRE subject test in their major area.

Rackham English Proficiency Requirements:

IBT TOEFL - 84;

Paper/Pencil TOEFL and TWE - 560;

Revised Paper Delivered Test - An overall score is not provided for this test. Minimum section scores: Reading = 23; Listening = 23; Writing = 21;

MELAB - 80;

IELTS - 6.5;

ECPE - certificate of proficiency