Free Mathematics Master’s Degree at the University of Michigan for MLB Scholars
Type: Internship
Application Start Date: October 1, 2020
Deadline: December 15, 2020
The Department of Mathematics at the University of Michigan is pleased to offer the Marjorie Lee Browne (MLB) Scholars Program. The program is named for Dr. Marjorie Lee Browne, who in 1949 became the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Michigan.
The MLB Scholars Program is an enhanced option for the M.S. degree in either Mathematics or Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics that is designed to give students professional knowledge of pure or applied mathematics in order to prepare them for continuing toward a Ph.D.
MLB Scholars serve as Graduate Student Instructors for undergraduate introductory mathematics courses and receive full funding that includes:
- an annual stipend,
- tuition waiver,
- and health insurance for each student and dependents.
Our MLB Alumni have moved on to successful Ph.D. programs and careers. Please read about our Current MLB students too!
The MLB Scholars Program has three primary goals:
To introduce students to the graduate study of mathematics who might not otherwise have considered it,
To prepare students to succeed in top-rated Ph.D. programs in the mathematical sciences.
To give students opportunities to learn about the full range of subjects in mathematics
The MLB Scholars Program is looking for students who are U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or undocumented students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), and meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Come from an educational, cultural or geographic background that is underrepresented in the field of Mathematics in the United States or at the University of Michigan;
- Have demonstrated a sustained commitment to diversity in the academic, professional, or civic realm through their work experience, volunteer engagement, or leadership of student or community organizations. By commitment to diversity, we mean efforts in the U.S. to reduce social, educational or economic disparities based on race, ethnicity or gender, or to improve race relations in the U.S.;
- Have experienced financial hardship as a result of family economic circumstances;
- Are first-generation U.S. citizens or are the first generation in their families to graduate from a four-year college