You are welcome to begin working on your application under the current year, but do not submit it yet. When the next application term opens (typically by the first week in September), you will be able to update the admission term to the correct year and submit the application.
We are unable to provide estimates of your chances of admission.
You may apply for an application fee waiver during the online application process. Requests for fee waivers are handled at the University level, not by our department. If you have applied for a fee waiver, but were denied, but you feel that you are deserving of a waiver, please contact the ACMS Director of Graduate Studies.
Yes, you may submit unofficial transcripts. If you are admitted, you will need to submit official transcripts prior to enrollment.
No, The General GRE is recommended, but not required.
The GRE Mathematics Subject test is not absolutely required to submit an application to our doctoral program. We consider all components of an individual's file when deciding on admission. The lack of a subject test is one less piece of information for us to judge a file.
Yes, GRE test scores are valid for five years and TOEFL test scores are valid for two years.
In the past, we have sometimes (but not always) been able to admit students whose IBT TOEFL speaking score was below 23 when other aspects of the file were exceptionally strong. However, this requires special permission from the Graduate School and verification of the applicant's spoken English proficiency by an ACMS faculty member. This verification is done through a phone conversation between the applicant and ACMS faculty.
For the ACMS professional master's program, please see the additional GRE analytical writing and TOEFL minimums listed under "Admissions".
The Graduate School will waive the TOEFL/IELTS/Duolingo requirement for non-native English speakers who spent a minimum of two academic years at an academic institution whose primary language of instruction was English. If that is not obvious, a letter from the Registrar’s Office (or the office responsible for academic records) confirming English as the language of instruction may be required. To expedite the review, please upload a transcript from the academic institution or the letter documenting instruction in English to the “Test Scores” section of the application (in place of the TOEFL or IELTS score). After completing the upload, please confirm with Graduate Admissions by email at gradapp@nd.edu that you have done so. If you have any questions about these requirements and process, please address them to gradapp@nd.edu
Answers to these questions can be found on the Graduate Schools website here (https://graduateschool.nd.edu/admissions/international-students/) and here (https://graduateschool.nd.edu/admissions/faq/).
The institution code for the University of Notre Dame is 1841. There is not a separate code for the ACMS department. As long as one of the ACMS degree programs is selected on an application, we will receive the scores with the application file.
No. Our programs appreciate candidates with a variety of different backgrounds.
No. If you want to join the ACMS PhD program, you must apply for admission through the same process as other applicants.
All admitted doctoral students receive financial aid. For financial aid information regarding the ACMS professional Master's program, please see the degree's webpage.
All ACMS PhD students are fully funded (stipend+tuition) for at least five year under the condition that they remain in good standing in their progress toward their PhD. You do not need to apply separately for funding.
We usually make our first round of admissions offers before the end of February. We sometimes make a few more offers from a waitlist after this. If you are admitted, your deadline for accepting the admissions offer is usually April 15.
ACMS offers a professional master's degree with several specialty tracks with tuition usually paid by the student. This 11-month program begins in the summer and is separate from the Ph.D. program. For more information on the professional master's degree, please visit this page.
For current Notre Dame Ph.D. students, ACMS offers a research master's degree. More information can be found here.
Yes. A new application as well as updated supplementary documents to the application must be submitted and sent to the Graduate School via the Slate Application System system for each term and degree applied for.
No. All application documentation must be submitted directly to the Graduate School.
The review of Ph.D. applications begins in mid-January. Offers of admission are sent out starting in February. The most up-to-date information regarding application status will be found by logging into the Slate Application System online system. If there is not an application status update, this means that a decision has not yet been made regarding the applicant's admission.
We consider application files as they are completed after the deadline date, but since we begin to make offers after the deadline date, there may be no positions available if a student submits his/her application after the deadline.
Currently we do not admit applicants to begin in the spring semester.
We typically admit 4-6 students each year into the program.
Please see the following link with informational videos from the Graduate School's website: https://graduateschool.nd.edu/admissions/
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