Congratulations on being recommended for admission to the Ph.D. program in Mathematics/Applied Mathematics or the Ph.D. program in Logic and the Methodology of Science at the University of California, Berkeley! Admission to these Ph.D. programs is highly competitive; you should be very proud of this achievement. Please see below for important information regarding your offer of admission.
Graduate Admissions Open House/Visit Day | March 15th & March 16th
All admitted Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Logic Group students are invited to join us for our Annual Graduate Admissions Open House on Sunday, March 15th and Monday, March 16th. Please let us know of your plans to visit our department by February 6th by completing our RSVP Form. If you would like to visit our department on an alternate date, please let us know via the RSVP Form. Please note that due to limited availabiity of staff, faculty, and students, we cannot arrange visits during Spring Break, March 23 - 27. Limited travel reimbursements will be provided, details about this will be posted in the coming weeks.
More Open House details and the finalized agenda will be sent out in early-mid March. Visitors can plan to arrive Sunday morning and depart Monday evening. We will have activities arranged for Sunday, late afternoon and evening, and all day Monday, with formal programming ending at 4:30 pm or earlier.
Visit Information for Waitlisted Students: At this time our Open House on March 15th & 16th is only for admitted students. If you have been notified that you are on our waitlist we will contact you directly if we are able to extend an invitation for you to visit our campus. Visiting prospective students may be expected to make their own overnight accommodations. A list of local hotels can be found here, https://visit.berkeley.edu/planning-your-day/lodging-and-dining. We are able to help make suggestions for places to stay and may be able to help arrange for a reservation as time allows. Limited travel funding may be available to help with your visit.
Travel Reimbursements for the Open House or Alternate Visit Days
Before making your decision to accept or decline our offer of admission, we hope you will be able to visit the department to get a sense of our graduate community. To help with the cost of visiting the department, we are able to provide admitted students with limited travel stipends.
For Open House guests (admitted students only), we are planning to arrange a block of single rooms for one-night stays in a nearby hotel for the evening of Sunday, March 15th. A two-night stays on Saturday, March 15th and Sunday March 16th will be available should you need it. If you would like to stay in our room block please let us know via the RSVP Form. If you would like to make your own overnight accommodations, you can find a list of local hotels here, https://visit.berkeley.edu/planning-your-day/lodging-and-dining. If you plan to stay in a nearby city (Oakland, San Francisco) and are not familiar with the area, please email us prior to booking a reservation so that we can make sure you have selected a safe and convenient area for your visit.
Travel Funding Information
Travel funds will be issued to students ~2-3 weeks after your visit to the department. We are using a new process where you will receive travel funding through an online system; more details on how to claim your funds will be provided when issued. More information about travel support you will receive based on your general itinerary will be posted in this section in the coming weeks. Please be prepared to share your travel details (point of origin and post-visit destination) with department staff during your visit.
For New Admits travelling locally within the Bay Area
- Individuals traveling within the Bay Area will receive $50 upon request.
Origin & Destination is within Bay Area counties only. - Example: Traveling to Berkeley from San Francisco, and leaving Berkeley for San Francisco.
For New Berkeley/Stanford Admits Visiting Both Schools and arriving via the Stanford Bus/travel:
Please note that we expect all Berkeley/Stanford new admits to stay in our hotel block for 2 nights.
- Individuals traveling within California only will receive $350.
Origin & Destination is within CA only. - Example: Traveling to Berkeley from Stanford, and leaving Berkeley for Los Angeles, CA.
- Individuals traveling outside of California (including intl travel) will receive $500.
Origin and/or Destination is outside of CA. - Example: Traveling to Berkeley from Stanford, and leaving Berkeley for Chicago, IL.
For New Admits electing to stay in our Hotel Block during the Visit Day:
Visitors with 1 night reservations:
- Individuals traveling within California only will receive $350.
Origin & Destination is within CA only. - Example: Traveling to Berkeley from Los Angeles, CA, and leaving Berkeley for San Diego, CA.
- Individuals traveling outside of California (including intl. travel) will receive $500.
Origin and/or Destination is outside of CA. - Example 1: Traveling to Berkeley from Boston, MA and leaving Berkeley for Boston, MA.
- Example 2: Traveling to Berkeley from Los Angeles, CA and leaving Berkeley for New York, NY.
- Example 3: Traveling to Berkeley from Madison, WI and leaving Berkeley for Santa Barbara, CA.
Visitors with 2 night reservations:
- Individuals traveling within California only will receive $150.
Origin & Destination is within CA only. - Example: Traveling to Berkeley from San Diego, CA, and leaving Berkeley for San Diego, CA.
- Individuals traveling outside of California (including intl travel) will receive $300.
Origin and/or Destination is outside of CA. - Example 1: Traveling to Berkeley from Boston, MA and leaving Berkeley for Boston, MA.
- Example 2: Traveling to Berkeley from Los Angeles, CA and leaving Berkeley for Beijing, China.
- Example 3: Traveling from Tokyo, Japan to Berkeley and leaving Berkeley for Los Angeles, CA.
For students visiting the department and arranging their own hotel reservations (please be prepared to share your reservation details):
- Individuals traveling within California only will receive $550.
Origin & Destination is within CA only. - Example: Traveling to Berkeley from San Diego, CA, and leaving Berkeley for San Diego, CA.
- Individuals traveling outside of California (including intl travel) will receive $700.
Origin and/or Destination is outside of CA. - Example 1: Traveling to Berkeley from Boston, MA and leaving Berkeley for Boston, MA.
- Example 2: Traveling to Berkeley from Los Angeles, CA and leaving Berkeley for London, England.
- Example 3: Traveling from Paris, France to Berkeley and leaving Berkeley for Los Angeles, CA.
Students needing financial support for a flight only (have local overnight accommodation with friends/family):
- Individuals traveling within California only will receive $250.
Origin & Destination is within CA only. - Individuals traveling outside of California will receive $500.
Origin and/or Destination is outside of CA.
Graduate Student Admissions Ambassadors
Have questions for current Ph.D. students? A list of current graduate students who are available to answer questions about our program and the department will be emailed directly to prospective students in March. Please feel free to reach out to our student ambassadors via the contact email provided. You can also learn more about our current students on our Graduate Students page.
Accept the Offer
In the coming weeks you will receive an official letter from the Dean of the Graduate Division confirming your offer of admission. Graduate Division's formal letter will include details on how to formally accept or decline your offer of admission. You can also find more information here. Please make your decision to accept or decline by the national deadline, April 15, 2026.
Important note for the 2026 Admissions Cycle: Please note that this year we are keeping a Waitlist for our graduate programs. Once you have made your decision on where you will pursue your graduate studies, we would appreciate a timely notification so that we can offer students on our Waitlist a place in our program, and the opportunity to visit our campus. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Information for Waitlisted Students
If you have been placed on the waitlist please know that you are one of the top candidates in an extremely competitive admissions cycle. We will be keeping in contact with our waitlisted applicants with status updates as they become available. If we are able to recommend you for admission to the Graduate Division you will be notified by email or phone, and we will invite you to visit the department. Your admission will then be confirmed by the Graduate Division and you will receive an official offer of admission from Dean Lisa García Bedolla. Your admission letter will be accompanied by a departmental funding narrative. Please contact the Graduate Office with any questions.
General Information on Graduate Study at Berkeley
Below you will find a list of additional links to useful websites that can help you learn more about the campus and make your decision.
UC Berkeley
Graduate Student Housing at Berkeley
International Students at Berkeley
Berkeley International Office (BIO)
Immigration Policy Updates & FAQs (maintained by BIO)
Mathematics at Berkeley
Surrounding Area
Further Questions?
Please feel free to contact Clay Calder, Graduate Advisor, if you have additional questions regarding your offer of admission or visiting the campus. Clay can be reached at jccalder@berkeley.edu.
Clay Calder, Graduate Advisor, jccalder@berkeley.edu
For questions on your funding narrative, please contact Christian Natividad, Graduate Advisor. Christian can be reached at christiannatividad@berkeley.edu.
Christian Natividad, Graduate Advisor, christiannatividad@berkeley.edu
For questions on travel reimbursements, please contact reimbursements@berkeley.edu.
You can find additional contacts for the Department of Mathematics below:
Vicky Lee, Director of Student Services, vickyalee@berkeley.edu
Tom Scanlon, Vice Chair for Graduate Studies, scanlon@math.berkeley.edu