All Applicants

• Complete the University of Washington Application for Admission to Graduate School online, and pay the nonrefundable $50 application fee.
• A statement of purpose (part of the online application), consisting of about 200 to 300 words on a separate sheet, detailing your reasons for wishing to enter graduate school in mathematics, your plans for the future, and any other information about your educational and professional objectives that may be relevant to your application.

Arrange for ETS to send the following scores directly to institution code 4854:

All Applicants (department code 0703)

• GRE General Test
• GRE Math Subject Test (PhD applicants)

International Applicants (department code 72)

• TOEFL
• TOEFL iBT or TSE (strongly recommended for applicants from non-English speaking countries, if applying for financial aid)

University of Washington
Office of Graduate Admissions
301 Loew Hall
Box 84808
Seattle, WA 98124-6108 USA

US Applicants

You do not need to mail any materials to Graduate Admissions if you complete the application and pay the fee online by credit card, unless you have earned a bachelor's or higher degree from an institution outside the United States or its territories. If so, then you must print a copy of the application and send it, together with an official copy of the transcript and degree statement, to the address above.

International Applicants

• A copy of your completed University of Washington Application for Admission to Graduate School, dated and signed in ink. 
• International transcripts with degree statement, including date of graduation and title of academic degree awarded.
• Transcripts from the U.S. and Canada: ask the Registrar to mail official transcripts in a sealed envelope to this office.
• Your completed University of Washington Statement of Financial Ability. (Once you have submitted your application online, you must log back into the online application to access the form.) Even if you are applying for financial support from the Math Department, you must complete this form to ensure an accurate student visa application.
• Photocopies of all visa status forms issued to you.

University of Washington
Graduate Program in Mathematics
C36 Padelford Hall
Box 354350
Seattle, WA 98195-4350 USA

We prefer that all of the following materials be sent to the Math Department in one large envelope, with transcripts in sealed envelopes provided by the institutions. If it is necessary to have some transcripts mailed separately, you may arrange to have them sent directly to the address above.

All Applicants

• A copy of your completed University of Washington Application for Admission to Graduate School, dated and signed in ink. (Part of your UW application includes listing three persons who will submit letters of support. )
• The Mathematics Department's Application for Admission and Financial Aid.
• One official copy of your transcript in a sealed envelope from each prior undergraduate or graduate institution.
• A list of advanced math courses beyond the level of elementary calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra that you will have taken, together with the instructor, school, year, text, grade, and a brief description of the content of each.