数学哲学硕士是一个终端专业学位，专门为想要超越常规硕士学位的学生设计。入学的学生应事先完成数学本科或常规硕士学位课程。该学位通常是在开始学习超出常规艺术硕士学位的课程后的一两年内获得的。已获得常规硕士学位的学生将修读另外六门研究生课程，其编号为600或以上，以获得M.Phil。学位。刚获得本科学位而进入该计划的学生将满足通常的硕士课程要求，外加六门课程（共14门课程）。该计划的学生还需要通过数学的一个领域的研究生预备考试和口试，并提交并捍卫菲尔（M.Phil）。论文（比通常的硕士课程更长，更深入）。
The Department of Mathematics of the University of Pennsylvania offers a full Graduate Program in Mathematics, conferring the degrees of Master of Arts (A.M.), Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) . The educational aim of this program is to provide well-rounded mathematical training for a career of research and teaching in mathematics, as well as for other careers which use advanced mathematics in a substantial way. The purpose of this document is to describe the graduate program in Mathematics at Penn. This program covers a variety of areas, including analysis, geometry-topology, algebra, mathematical physics, combinatorics, logic, and probability. See our Graduate Mathematics Page and our Math Department home page for information about other aspects of this program and of the Penn Math Department as a whole, including its colloquia, seminars and lecture series, and the research interests of the faculty. In addition, Penn offers an interdisciplinary graduate program in Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, for which there is separate application process.