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Learn at a mathematical powerhouse. We offer strong and flexible programs at all degree levels.

Students majoring in mathematics take courses in the logical foundations of mathematics, the calculus sequence, matrix algebra, and discrete mathematics. Majors choose from a concentration of applied, traditional, or actuarial mathematics. Both the BA and the BS in mathematics allow entry to advanced studies or career opportunities as diverse as the fields to which mathematics is applied. The metro region of Washington, D.C. provides a particularly fertile area for related job opportunities, including consulting, teaching, and government.

Undergraduate Programs

Mason offers a vibrant graduate mathematics program that awards MS and PhD degrees. The program provides exciting opportunities for students interested in studying advanced mathematics and conducting independent research. Students can specialize in a diverse selection of areas in pure, applied and computational mathematics.

Graduate Programs

Students use well-developed mathematical skills across multiple fields.

Mason offers a vibrant graduate mathematics program that awards MS and PhD degrees. Students can specialize in a diverse selection of areas in pure, applied and computational mathematics.

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Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Analyze gang movement across Puerto Rico or the destruction of the Great Barrier Reef. There’s no limit to the mathematical research projects for undergraduate mathematics majors.

Mason OSCAR Program for undergraduate research

Aspiring Scientists Summer Research Program for undergraduate research in the sciences.

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Be a part of our mathematical community.

Use 3D printing technology to present mathematical concepts as concrete physical objects at our Math Maker Lab.

Check out the Mason Experimental Geometry Lab (MEGL) to think deeper and go further and take your mathematical curiosity to the next level.

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Apr5

Calculus Olympiad 2025

Apr 5, 2025, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

George Mason University, Fairfax Virginia campus

Merten Hall

April 5 2025 CALLING ALL MATH ENTHUSIASTS! Join Us for an EXCITING day of Mathematics! hosted by the Department of Mathematical Sciences Diversity Committee and the Center for Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (CMAI) Registration Closed. Please join us next year. *Lunch Provided! - Calculus Competition with Individual and Team prizes

Apr11

Applied & Computational Mathematics seminar: Pattern-forming fronts in the FitzHugh–Nagumo system

Apr 11, 2025, 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Speaker: Prof. Paul Carter, University of California, Irvine Title: Pattern-forming fronts in the FitzHugh–Nagumo system Abstract: When a spatially homogeneous state destabilizes, localized perturbations can grow into large amplitude spatial patterns, which spread into the bulk, invading the unstable state. The nature and properties of the patterns which appear, such

Apr11

Mathematics Colloquium: Uncovering unstable blowup in PDEs through an exploration of invariant manifolds

Apr 11, 2025, 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Speaker: Jonathan Jaquette, New Jersey Institute of Technology Title: Uncovering unstable blowup in PDEs through an exploration of invariant manifolds Abstract: When a PDE that generates an analytic semiflow blows up, its solutions may be continued in complex time around the singularity potentially producing a branched Riemann surface. The work