Staff assistance during the placement sessions is only available during regular business hours, Monday-Friday from 9 AM - 4 PM. Should you require help, please contact us at placementhelp@math.ucdavis.edu.
The Mathematics Course Placement determines your level of preparation for college-level math courses offered at UC Davis. All students who register in MAT 12, 17A, 19A, 21A, or 21M are required to take the Mathematics Course Placement. Students enrolled in Mathematics 12, 17A, 19A, 21A, or 21M without satisfying the required minimum scores will be administratively dropped from the course by the mathematics department after the end of the last math placement session for that particular quarter. There are no exemptions for SAT, AP, or IB scores, as well as math coursework taken at another institution.
Please note that if you take MAT 12, you still need to take the Math Placement again after passing MAT 12 before you can continue on to MAT 17A, 19A, 21A, or 21M.
Math Course Placement
The Math Course Placement is only available online. There will be two math placement sessions per quarter (Fall, Winter, Spring), and a student may only take it once per math placement session. If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please contact the UC Davis Student Disabilities Center.
Students enrolled in MAT 12, 17A, 19A, 21A, and 21M who do not meet the Math Placement Requirement (MPR) before the math placement sessions will be notified via email regarding when they will be able to take the Math Placement.
Winter Quarter 2025
This quarter's Math Placement sessions are open to all students. If you are registered in MAT 12, 17A, 19A, 21A, or 21M and have not taken the placement, or did not received a qualifying score for the course you are registered in, you will be automatically registered in the placement session listed below:
| Session 1 | Begins at 11 AM on December 11 and ends at 11 AM on December 17 |
| Session 2 | Begins at 11 AM on January 6 and ends at 11 AM on January 14 |
If you are not currently enrolled in one of these courses but would like to register to take the math placement, fill out our manual registration form.
| Session 1 - Manual Registration | Submit manual registration request from 11 AM on December 11 until 11 AM on December 16 |
| Session 2 - Manual Registration | Submit manual registration request from 11 AM on January 6 until 11 AM on January 13 |
For more information about the math placement, please refer to our Math Placement FAQ webpage.
Spring Quarter 2025
This quarter's Math Placement sessions are open to all students. If you are registered in MAT 12, 17A, 19A, 21A, or 21M and have not taken the placement, or did not received a qualifying score for the course you are registered in, you will be automatically registered in the placement session listed below:
| Session 1 | Begins at 11 AM on March 12 and ends at 11 AM on March 18 |
| Session 2 | Begins at 11 AM on March 31 and ends at 11 AM on April 8 |
If you are not currently enrolled in one of these courses but would like to register to take the math placement, fill out our manual registration form.
| Session 1 - Manual Registration | Submit manual registration request from 11 AM on March 12 until 11 AM on March 17 |
| Session 2 - Manual Registration | Submit manual registration request from 11 AM on March 31 until 11 AM on April 7 |
For more information about the math placement, please refer to our Math Placement FAQ webpage.