PhD Qualifying Exams
General Comprehensive Exams
A student must pass the general comprehensive examination (GCE) in order to become a PhD candidate. The purpose of the GCE is to determine whether a student possesses the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for study and research at the PhD level. It is a written examination offered three times a year, once each in January, May, and August. A student must pass by January of their second year if they enter in the fall and May of their second year if they enter in the spring.
Past Qualifying Exams
Linear Algebra - 502
- Linear Algebra GCE August 2014 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE August 2015 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE August 2016 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE August 2017 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE January 2015 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE January 2016 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE January 2017 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE May 2015 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE May 2016 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE May 2017 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE January 2018 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE May 2018 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE August 2018 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE January 2019 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE May 2019 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE January 2020 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE May 2020 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE August 2020 (PDF)
- Linear Algebra GCE January 2021 (PDF)
Analysis - 503
- Analysis GCE August 2014 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE August 2015 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE August 2016 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE August 2017 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE January 2015 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE January 2016 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE January 2017 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE May 2015 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE May 2016 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE May 2017 (PDF)
- Analysis and Measure Theory 503 GCE May 2018 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE August 2018 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE January 2019 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE May 2019 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE January 2020 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE May 2020 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE August 2020 (PDF)
- Analysis GCE January 2021 (PDF)
Probability - 540
- Probability 540 GCE August 2012 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE August 2013 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE August 2016 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE August 2017 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE January 2014 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE January 2017 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE May 2008 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE September 2009 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE Spring 2012 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE Spring 2013 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE May 2018 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE August 2018 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE January 2019 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE May 2019 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE January 2020 (PDF)
- Probability 540 GCE August 2020 (PDF)
Statistics - 541
GCE Syllabus - Mathematical Statistics
- Statistics 541 GCE August 2016 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE August 2017 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE January 2012 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE January 2013 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE January 2014 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE January 2017 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE May 2017 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE Spring 2012 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE January 2018 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE August 2018 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE January 2019 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE May 2019 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE January 2020 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE August 2020 (PDF)
- Statistics 541 GCE January 2021 (PDF)