Application process

Application procedure for Penn's Applied Math and Computational Science Graduate Program

Applications to Penn's graduate applied mathematics and computational science program may only be submitted electronically. <>The electronic application form for the AMCS Graduate Program can be accessed here. (More information about graduate programs in the School of Arts and Sciences at Penn, can be accessed here.) If some part of your application must be sent by ordinary mail, please send it to:

Graduate Admissions (AMCS)
Department of Mathematics
University of Pennsylvania
209 S. 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6395
(It can also be sent to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, but this address is preferable).

Be sure to make clearly that you are applying to the AMCS graduate group.
To see that we receive your standardized test scores: for the GRE, use the institution code is 2926, and the Department code 0703. For the TOEFL the institution code is 2926, and the Department code is 72.

If for some reason you cannot apply via the web-based form please contact the department's Graduate Group Chair.

Notes:
(1) Admissions decisions are made by the AMCS Graduate Admissions Committee, and not by individual professors. Therefore, requests for admission should not be sent to individual members of the faculty, and instead should be submitted as indicated above.
(2) Applicants cannot be considered for possible admission (and no admission decision can be made) until an official application form is submitted by the applicant and is received by the AMCS Graduate Admissions Committee.
(3) The official deadline for submission of applications is December 15, in the case of applications that request financial support. Since this is a new program, we will continue to accept applications until January 1, 2008. If some of the material related to the application (letters of recommendation, official transcripts, or score on the GRE, TOEFL, or TSE) is received a few weeks later, the application can still be considered. Since the Admissions Committee meets in late January, material must arrive by then in order to be considered during usual the admission process.
(4) If application materials are submitted after January 1 (whether or not financial support is being requested), a follow-up email message should be sent to the AMCS Graduate Group Chair, indicating what has been submitted.
(5) Applicants may wish to visit the Penn in person, to get a better sense of the graduate program and its faculty. Such visits can be helpful to applicants in deciding where to apply and what offers to accept (but are not part of the Admissions Committee's decision process).