Archive of Preliminary Exams
Here we have PDF files of old preliminary exams for Algebra,
Analysis, Discrete, Numerical Analysis, PDE, and Topology. Note
that many more preliminary exams are available in Rejeana
Cassady's office in POT 719.
A list of previous prelim committees can be found
here.
Past Algebra Preliminary Exams
January 2026 Committee:
Manon (chair); Christopher.Manon@uky.edu,
Jensen; dave.jensen@uky.edu,
Shao; xuancheng.shao@uky.edu
June 2025 Committee:
Jensen (chair); dave.jensen@uky.edu,
Manon; Christopher.Manon@uky.edu,
Shao; xuancheng.shao@uky.edu
Past Analysis Preliminary Exams
January 2026 Committee:
Chung (chair); fj.chung@uky.edu,
Perry ; pperr0@uky.edu,
Hislop; peter.hislop@uky.edu
June 2025 Committee:
Chung (chair); fj.chung@uky.edu,
Perry ; pperr0@uky.edu,
Hislop; peter.hislop@uky.edu
Past Discrete Preliminary Exams
January 2026 Committee:
Braun (chair); benjamin.braun@uky.edu,
Yip ; mpyi222@uky.edu,
Readdy; margaret.readdy@uky.edu
June 2025 Committee:
Braun (chair); benjamin.braun@uky.edu,
Yip ; mpyi222@uky.edu,
Serhiyenko ; khrystyna.serhiyenko@uky.edu
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Past Numerical Analysis Preliminary Exams
January 2025 Committee:
Murrugarra (chair); murrugarra@uky.edu,
Lu; Ding.Lu@uky.edu,
Ye; qiang.ye@uky.edu
June 2025 Committee:
Murrugarra (chair); murrugarra@uky.edu,
Lu; Ding.Lu@uky.edu,
Ye; qiang.ye@uky.edu
Past Partial Differential Equations Preliminary Exams
January 2026 Committee:
Shen (chair); zshen2@uky.edu,
Tohaneanu; mihai.tohaneanu@uky.edu,
Hislop; peter.hislop@uky.edu
June 2025 Committee:
Shen (chair); zshen2@uky.edu,
Tohaneanu; mihai.tohaneanu@uky.edu,
Hislop; peter.hislop@uky.edu
Past Topology Preliminary Exams
January 2026 Committee:
Stapleton (chair); nat.j.stapleton@uky.edu,
Guillou; bertguillou@uky.edu,
Debray; a.debray@uky.edu
June 2025 Committee:
Stapleton (chair); nat.j.stapleton@uky.edu,
Guillou; bertguillou@uky.edu,
Debray; a.debray@uky.edu