Admission
The lectures of the Dutch master's degree programme in mathematics are open to all students who are registered in one of the master's programmes in mathematics of the Dutch universities. There is no additional fee.

Registration
Students MUST register for courses of the Dutch Master programme. Timely notification of results and grades is only guaranteed if the student is registered.

The Programme (of the courses of fall 2009 and spring 2010)
The programme of courses is decided upon by the Regieorgaan. The Regieorgaan consists of all the local directors of master programmes in mathematics. The joint courses offer the students the highest quality of instruction and open opportunities for interaction with students of other institutes of mathematics. For students who intend to pursue a PhD after completing their Master programme the joint programme widens the range of options open to them.
The Universities of Technology (at Delft, Eindhoven, Twente) have a programme that is different from that of the other universities.  All students may choose courses from both programmes. The study load for the courses of the universities of technology is 6 ECTS each, the study load for the courses of the other universities is 8 ECTS each.

The universities of technology
The universities of technology are formally united in an alliance. The master of mathematics programmes are organized along the same lines. A part of the programme consists of the orientation courses, of 6 ECTS each. The student must make a choice of 2 out of 8 orientation courses. The orientation courses are Discrete Optimization, Continuous Optimization, Systems and Control, Applied Statistics, Stochastic Differential Equations, Advanced Modeling in Science, Applied Finite Elements and Nonlinear Systems Theory. The orientation courses of the Technical Universities are scheduled on Monday at the Universiteit Utrecht.

The Dutch Network on the mathematics of Operations Research
Several of the orientation courses of the master programmes of the universities of technology are offered in cooperation with the LNMB (acronym for Landelijk Netwerk Mathematische Besliskunde (Dutch Network on the Mathematics of Operations Research)). The courses offered by the LNMB are Discrete Optimization, Continuous Optimization, Heuristic Methods in Operations Research, Advanced Linear Programming, Scheduling, and Queuing Theory. The study load of each course of the LNMB is 6 ECTS. The courses of the LNMB are scheduled on Monday at the Universiteit van Utrecht. There is a crash course Introduction to Stochastic Processes in which the prerequisites of probability theory are presented.

The general programme
The Dutch Universities offer a wide variety of joint courses in mathematics. The study load of each of the joint courses is 8 ECTS. Each master student in mathematics is required to take a total of at least 30 ECTS of Mastermath courses. The courses of the various research groups are listed below.
The courses offered by the research cluster  DIAMANT  (Discrete Interactive and Algorithmic Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory) are Elliptic Curves, Invariant Theory with Applications, Topics in Number Theory: p-adic numbers and zeta functions and Cryptology. The courses offered by DIAMANT are scheduled on Tuesday.
The courses offered by the research cluster GQT  (Geometry and Quantum Theory) are Analysis on Manifolds, C*-algebras, Riemannian Surfaces, Algebraic Geometry,  Modular Forms and Algebraic Topology; these courses are scheduled on Wednesday.
The courses offered by the research cluster NDNS+ (Nonlinear Dynamics of Natural Systems) are Functional Analysis, Partial differential Equations, Dynamical Systems generated by ODE and Maps, Fourier Analysis and distribution theory and Mathematical Biology; the courses of this research cluster are scheduled on Tuesday.
The courses of the stochastics group are scheduled on Wednesday. In the academic year 2009—2010 the offered courses are Measure Theoretic Probability, Asymptotic Statistics, Stochastic Processes and Time Series.

New in the spring 2010 are the courses of the logics group: Goedel's Incompleteness Theorem and Model theory with non-standard analysis. They are scheduled on Wednesday

Apart from the above mentioned courses there are some advanced courses offered by research schools (usually on Thursday).

A side activity of mastermath is the organization of courses for programmes in mathematics education. The courses are scheduled on Friday. The courses are for students of master of education only.

Exams and grades
The student must take the exam in the period immediately following the class meetings. The grades are filed with the central administration of the Dutch master Programme which notifies the administration of the student’s university of the grade. For this reason students have to register for the courses at Mastermath.

Reimbursement of travel costs
Students can claim reimbursement of the travel expenses. See Registration and travel costs  for more information.