Dave L. Renfro
For the latest updates, see his web pages at
http://mathforum.org/epigone/sci.math/howousway
http://mathforum.org/epigone/alt.math.undergrad/plulviglee
SAMPLE QUALIFYING EXAMS, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
University of South Alabama: Comprehensive Exam Archive
University of California (Berkeley): Preliminary Exams
University of California (Berkeley): Questions from Past Qualifying Exams [Organized into approximately 30 subject areas (3-manifolds, 4-manifolds, knots; Fields and Galois Theory; Computation Complexity; etc.).]
University of Colorado at Denver: Ph.D. Prelim Exams
Florida State University: Old Graduate Mathematics Exams
Northwestern University: Preliminary Examinations
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Study Guides for Comps
Indiana University: Tier I Examinations
Purdue University: Qualifying Exams [January 1994 to January 2000]
Louisiana State University: Comprehensive Examination
Johns Hopkins University: Qualifying exams
University of Maryland, College Park: Archive of Past Written Exams in Mathematics;
Recent Discussions in GradForum at UMD [Several of the discussions involve issues related to Ph.D. qualifying exams.]
University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Past Comprehensive Examinations
Boston University: Sample M.A. Preliminary Exam
Harvard University: Qualifying Exams
Northeastern University: Qualifying Exams in Mathematics
University of Missouri at Columbia: Graduate Qualifying Exams
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Recent Qualifying Exams
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Recent Ph.D. Comprehensive Exams
Dartmouth College: Syllabi and Sample Questions for Graduate Qualifying Exams
New Jersey Institute of Technology: Qualifying Examination Subjects
Princeton University: Graduate Students' Guide to Generals
Rutgers University-New Brunswick: Written Qualifying Exams
Columbia University: Qualifying Exams
Rensselaer Polytechic Institute [See under Preliminary Exam: Copies of previous exams can be obtained by clicking here"]
SUNY-Albany: Archive of some past Ph.D. preliminary examinations
SUNY-Buffalo: Archive of some past Ph.D. qualifier exams
University of Rochester [See under Graduation requirements: "... PostScript copies of the written preliminary exams ..."]
Ohio State University: Practice Qualifying Exams
Oklahoma State University: Masters and Doctoral Exams
University of Oklahoma: Math Qualifying Exam Archive
Pennsylvania State University: Qualifying Exams
Temple University: Recent Qualifying Exams
University of South Carolina [See the link "The linear algebra questions from the admission to candidacy exams for the last 15 years."]
Texas A & M University [At the link provided, select (to the left) "Program Information", followed by (to the right) "6. Ph.D. Degree".]
University of Texas: A sampling of previous preliminary exams
Howard University: Senior Comprehensive Examination [undergraduate]
Dave L. Renfro maintains other web pages of interest
WEB PAGES FOR REAL ANALYSIS
http://mathforum.org/epigone/sci.math/twexphenphah
STUDENT SEMINAR AND SENIOR CAPSTONE REFERENCES
http://mathforum.org/epigone/sci.math/gosmangzha/
http://mathforum.org/epigone/alt.math.undergrad/skixdwinyou/
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