UF Mathematics

Ph.D. Qualifying Exams
listed by state

Alabama

• University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa: SAMPLE QUALIFYING EXAMS
• University of South Alabama: Comprehensive Exam Archive

California

• University of California (Berkeley): Preliminary Exams
• UC Berkeley Index to Past Qualifying Exam Questions
  [Organized into approximately 30 subject areas (3-manifolds, 4-manifolds, knots; Fields and Galois Theory; Computation Complexity; etc.).]

Colorado

• University of Colorado at Denver: Ph.D. Prelim Exams

Florida

• Florida State University: Old Graduate Mathematics Exams
• University of Florida: Graduate Exam Questions

Illinois

• Northwestern University: Preliminary Examinations
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Study Guides for Comps

Indiana

• Indiana University: Tier I Examinations
• Purdue University: Qualifying Exams [January 1994 to January 2000]

Louisiana

• Louisiana State University: Comprehensive Examination

Maryland

• Johns Hopkins University: Qualifying exams
• University of Maryland, College Park: Recent Discussions in GradForum
  [Several of the discussions involve issues related to Ph.D. qualifying exams.]
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Past Comprehensive Examinations

Massachusetts

• Boston University: Sample M.A. Preliminary Exam
• Harvard University: Qualifying Exams
• Northeastern University: Qualifying Exams in Mathematics

Missouri

• University of Missouri at Columbia: Graduate Qualifying Exams

Nebraska

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Recent Qualifying Exams
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Recent Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams

New Hampshire

• Dartmouth College: Syllabi and Sample Questions for Graduate Qualifying Exams

New Jersey

• New Jersey Institute of Technology: Qualifying Examination Subjects
• Princeton University: Graduate Students' Guide to Generals
• Rutgers University-New Brunswick: Written Qualifying Exams

New York

• Columbia University: Qualifying Exams
• Rensselaer Polytechic Institute [See under Preliminary Exam: Copies of previous exams can be obtained by clicking here"]
• SUNY-Albany: Archive of some past Ph.D. preliminary examinations
• University of Rochester [See under Graduation requirements: "... PostScript copies of the written preliminary exams ..."]

Ohio

• Ohio State University: Practice Qualifying Exams

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma State University: Masters and Doctoral Exams
• University of Oklahoma: Math Qualifying Exam Archive

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania State University: Qualifying Exams
• Temple University: Recent Qualifying Exams [At the link provided, select (to the left) "Graduate Program", followed by (to the right) "The Written Comprehensive Exams".]

Texas

• Texas A & M University [At the link provided, select (to the left) "Program Information", followed by (to the right) "6. Ph.D. Degree".]
• University of Texas: A sampling of previous preliminary exams

Washington, D.C.

• Howard University: Senior Comprehensive Examination [undergraduate]