We base admissions decisions on a variety of factors including past performance in coursework, especially mathematics course work, GPAs in past degree programs, entrance exam scores, and letters of recommendation.

The Graduate School requires a minimum 3.0 GPA in your undergraduate degree and a minimum 3.5 GPA in your graduate degree.

Applicants must submit their official GRE scores during application. In recent years, students admitted to our doctoral degree program have earned average GRE (quantitative) scores in the 80th to 85th percentile and average GRE (verbal) scores in the 55th to 60th percentile

Strong mathematics background equivalent to a bachelor's degree in mathematics/mathematical sciences is expected.

K-16 mathematics teaching experience strongly preferred prior to admission.

While completing the Graduate School application, you will need to provide:

Three letters of recommendation
You will identify your letter writers and their email addresses when you apply, and they will receive an email from the Graduate School asking them to complete the form online. Choose recommenders who know your academic work well and can speak to your capacity to engage in graduate level study of mathematics, to perform well in courses requiring high levels of reading and writing, to work as a classroom teacher, and to be successful in a graduate program. Do not solicit character references from friends, family, or people you know socially.
Transcripts
Applicants should submit unofficial transcripts from all institutions attended as part of the online application. Official transcripts are not required during the review process and will only be required for applicants who are offered admission. Do not mail official transcripts until offered admission.
Test Scores
Have your GRE scores sent directly to UGA using the institution code 5813.
In addition to completing the online Graduate School application, please submit these materials directly to the department:

Sample of scholarly writing
Submit a piece of scholarly writing that demonstrates both your technical writing skills and your ability to make claims and support them with references and chains of logic. A paper that you have written for a previous course may suffice, or you may wish to construct a new paper. Your writing sample should be (mathematics) education related, please do not submit a technical mathematics paper. If you do not have an appropriate sample available, contact Jaime Diamond for a writing prompt to which you will respond.

Current curriculum vita/resume (we recommend fitting this on two pages)
Statement of purpose (we recommend fitting this on two pages)
Submit a statement explaining why you are interested in pursuing a doctoral degree in mathematics education at the University of Georgia. Identify the educational problem or concern that drives you to pursue a PhD. Because the PhD is a research degree, identify a potential topic (or topics) of investigation and provisionally identify members of the faculty with whom you might work.

Minimum TOEFL score requirement: overall score of 80 with at least 20 on speaking and writing
Minimum IELTS score requirement: overall band-width of 6.5, with no single band (score) below 6.0