MathMods :: Joint MSc

Entry Requirements

Application is open to students from all around the world.

Academic Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or other similar field with a very strong mathematical background (BS, BSc, SB, etc. or a degree at the same level as an academic Bachelor's Degree, e.g. its equivalent from a college, university, or technical school of high standing, or 180 ECTS credits in the European system).

Students in the final year of their undergraduate study can be admitted on condition that their Bachelor's degree is awarded before the enrolment in the MathMods MSc, namely before 15 August.

English Language Requirements

All applicants are required to prove an advanced level of English (CEFR B2/C1 level), certified by any of the following tests:

• IELTS Academic: overall band score of 6.0 or above;
• TOEFL iBT: overall score of 80 or above;
• PTE Academic: 56 or above overall;
• C1 Advanced (formerly known as Cambridge Advanced English): overall score of 169 or above;
• or equivalent to the above.

Certificates cannot be dated back to more than 4 years.

Applicants who have conducted their university or secondary-school studies in an English-speaking institution may just provide evidence that English is the medium of instruction in such institutions (there's a dedicated section for that in the application form).

Checklist of mandatory documents to be submitted with application

All applicants will have to submit the following mandatory documents through the online application form before the deadline:

1. Passport (or ID card for European applicants). No valid passport yet? You are allowed to temporarily submit an equivalent ID document (valid in your country to prove your identity) as long as you submit a valid ID/passport before August 15.
2. CV (use the Europass template available here: https://europa.eu/europass/en);
3. Transcript with records for each single attended course and with the list of courses still to be attended to gain your bachelor's degree;
4. Course description. Only use this template.;
5. English certificate (click here for more info).
6. Two academic reference letters to be submitted by two different referees via our online Reference system (the link and the instructions can be found in the application form).
7. For all the above documents, if they are not written in English, please upload an official English translation, or a translation provided and signed by the Institution awarding the Bachelor's Degree and (if possible) by a native English speaker academic full Professor or by an academic full Professor in the English language (with full contacts included);
8. Letter of intent (also known as motivation letter), describing your interest in the subjects related to the proposed fields of study. The letter can be addressed to the MathMods Evaluation Committee. There is no particular template to follow, but you must not exceed one page - extra pages will not be evaluated.

Additional documents might be submitted only if closely related to the proposed field of study.