Exam Overview

All applicants for admission to the Master of Science program are required to sit a written entrance exam. The grades obtained in the exam, alongside other criteria, are utilized to determine candidates’ suitability for admission to the program.

Exam Objectives

The exam is designed to evaluate candidates’ knowledge of a range of fundamental concepts across various areas of mathematics. It assesses candidates’ problem-solving skills and their use of logical reasoning.

Examination Format

The written entrance exam is held once an academic year and is timed to be compatible with the admission timetable for the Deanship of Postgraduate Studies. The exam normally takes place once the candidate has met the program’s essential admission requirements. The entrance exam for the Master’s program covers basic mathematical concepts and knowledge, and these can be learned by consulting the scientific references detailed for this exam.

Evaluation

Students will be assessed and admitted to the program on the basis of the score they achieve in the exam, and other admission criteria noted on the Master’s degree webpage. Students who score highly in the exam, and meet the postgraduate admission criteria, will be nominated for acceptance onto the Master of Science program in Mathematics.

Timing & Location

Time

TBA

Location

Male: Science Faculty, Building 91A, 1st Floor, Room 209.

Female: Science Faculty, Building 7, Room 101A - 102A.

References

• James Stewart, Daniel Clegg and Saleem Watson, CALCULUS: EARLY TRANSCENDENTALS, Metric Version, 9th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2020.
• Seymour Lipschutz, Schaum's Outline of THEORY AND PROBLEMS OF SET THEORY and Related Topics, McGRAW-HILL, 2nd edition, 1998. (Chapters 3 and 10 Only)