Dartmouth’s Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies has suspended admissions to its math Ph.D. program for the 2027‑2028 cohort.
Dean Carrie Colla said the pause is part of a regular review conducted with the College of Arts and Sciences and is intended to strengthen the experience of current Ph.D. students and undergraduate mathematics majors.
Current graduate students will retain their stipends, insurance, tuition remission and five‑year funding guarantee, and the department will continue to meet with students and faculty on November 17 to discuss the review.
Prospective applicants whose materials were submitted before the November 10 notice will not have their applications considered, and the program, which normally admits seven to nine students each year, will not take new applications for the 2027‑2028 cycle.
Math faculty voiced mixed reactions, with professor Peter Winkler opposing the suspension, while graduate students expressed frustration over the lack of transparency and worry that the program’s small size and community will be harmed.
College President Sian Leah Beilock linked the decision to a broader effort to reallocate roughly $50 million in university spending, including the discontinuation of the Society of Fellows and a plan to convert undergraduate housing into graduate housing.
Source: www.thedartmouth.com
