Mathematics (MATH)
Graduate Degree Program
College: Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Abstract
Three programs are currently closely affiliated with the Mathematics Department: the Mathematics Program (MATH), the Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Program (AMSC), and the Mathematical Statistics Program (STAT). Students applying for admission should use the appropriate symbol to indicate their program of interest. The interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Program offers three concentrations, one in Applied Mathematics, one in Scientific Computation, and one in Applied Statistics. The Statistics Program is concerned with mathematical statistics and probability. The AMSC and STAT programs are described in detail elsewhere in this catalog.
Students can earn a Doctor of Philosophy degree in the Mathematics Program. The Master's degree is not offered unless it is en route to a Ph.D. The master’s degree is not required for entrance to the Ph.D. program.
The Mathematics Program offers graduate programs in Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, Complex Analysis, Dynamical Systems and Chaos, Geometry, Harmonic Analysis, Mathematical Logic, Number Theory, Numerical Analysis, Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Probability, Real and Functional Analysis, Representation Theory, Statistics and Topology.
Financial Assistance
The MATH program is expecting to support about 12 new doctoral students each Fall. Offers of support are generally made for up to five years, contingent on the student making satisfactory academic progress. Except for unusual circumstances, offers of financial aid will not be made to applicants seeking a Master’s degree. The normal teaching load is four to six hours per week of classroom teaching in addition to the duties of meeting with students and grading papers. Sometimes fellowships and research assistantships are also available.
Contact
Cristina Garcia
Program Coordinator
Department of Mathematics
1106 William E Kirwan Hall
4176 Campus Drive
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Telephone: 301.405.5058
Email: math-grads@umd.edu
Website: http://www-math.umd.edu
Courses: MATH
Relationships: Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation (AMSC) Mathematical Statistics (STAT)
General Requirements
- Statement of Purpose
- Transcript(s)
- TOEFL/IELTS/PTE (international graduate students): TOEFL/IELTS required even if eligible for waiver.
Program-Specific Requirements
- Letters of Recommendation (3)
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) (optional)
- GRE Subject (Math) (Optional)
- CV/Resume
- Supplementary Application
- Writing Sample (optional)
- Advanced Textbooks (section of application)
For more admissions information or to apply to the program, please visit our Graduate School website: www.gradschool.umd.edu/admissions
Application Deadlines
| Type of Applicant | Fall Deadline |
|---|---|
| Domestic Applicants | |
| US Citizens and Permanent Residents | December 12, 2023 |
| International Applicants | |
| F (student) or J (exchange visitor) visas; A, E, G, H, I and L visas and immigrants | December 12, 2023 |
Other Deadlines: Please visit the program website at http://www-math.umd.edu
The Department is actively involved in research in a number of areas, strengthened further by a complement of mathematicians from the Institute for Physical Science and Technology. The Department fosters a lively program of seminars and colloquia; about half of these talks are given by outside specialists. In addition the department has a tradition of hosting distinguished long term visitors who give series of seminar talks or teach semester long courses.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Library is located on the ground floor of the Mathematics Building and contains more than 95,000 volumes in mathematics, physics and engineering, and more than 280 journals in pure and applied mathematics. The Library of Congress, with its extensive collection of books and technical reports, is only a half hour from campus.
The Department has a large network of computers mostly running Linux. The Department houses a computer classroom and a Mathematical Visualization Lab, and similar labs are scattered across campus. There are computers in almost all graduate student offices, and many of the other computers on campus are available for student use.
The Department cooperates closely with the Institute for Physical Science and Technology and with the Department of Computer Science. Faculty members of both groups offer courses in the Department. Computer facilities are available to serve the research needs of both faculty and graduate students. Members of the Department participate actively in the interdisciplinary AMSC Program, and they also staff the Mathematical Statistics Program.
| Last Name | First/Middle Name | Graduate Faculty Status | Academic Credentials | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | Jeffrey D. | Full Member | B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1977; Ph.D., Yale University, 1981. | Associate Chair, Mathematics Professor, Mathematics |
| Antman | Stuart S. | Full Member | B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1961; M.S.,University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1963; Ph.D., 1965. | Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Mathematics |
| Auslander | Joseph | Full Member | B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952; M.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1953; Ph.D., 1957. | Professor Emeritus, Mathematics |
| Balan | Radu | Full Member | B.S., Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania 1992; B.S., University of Bucharest, Romania 1994; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1998 | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematics |
| Bedrossian | Jacob | Full Member | B.S., Case Western Reserve University, 2007; M.S., Case Western Reserve University, 2007; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2011. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Assistant Professor, Mathematics |
| Benedetto | John J. | Full Member | B.A., Boston College, 1960; M.A., Harvard University, 1962; Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1964. | Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Mathematics Professor, Mathematics Director of NWC, Mathematics |
| Berg | Kenneth R. | Full Member | B.S., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1960; Ph.D., 1967. | Associate Professor Emeritus, Mathematics |
| Brin | Michael I. | Full Member | B.A., Moscow State University, 1970; Ph.D., Kharkov State University, 1975. | Professor Emeritus, Mathematics |
| Brosnan | Patrick | Full Member | Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1998 | Professor, Mathematics |
| Cameron | Maria | Full Member | Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2007. | Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Associate Professor, Mathematics |
| Cerrai | Sandra | Full Member | M.Sc. University of Pisa, 1992 Ph.D.; Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, 1998. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematical Statistics Professor, Mathematics |
| Cohen | Joel M. | Full Member | Sc.B., Brown University, 1963; Ph.D.,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966. | Professor, Mathematics |
| Czaja | Wojciech | Full Member | M.Sc., University of Wroclaw, 1995; M.A., Washington University, 1997; Ph.D., Washington University, 2000. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematics |
| Dolgopyat | Dmitry | Full Member | Diploma, Moscow State University, 1994; Ph.D., Moscow State University, 1997. | Professor, Mathematical Statistics Professor, Mathematics |
| Elman | Howard C. | Full Member | B.A., Columbia University, 1975;M.A., 1977; M.S., Yale University, 1979; Ph.D., 1982. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Computer Science Affiliate Professor, Mathematics |
| Fey | James T. | Full Member | B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1962; M.S., 1963; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1968. | Professor Emeritus, Mathematics Professor Emeritus, Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership Professor Emeritus, Curriculum and Instruction |
| Fitzpatrick | Patrick M. | Full Member | B.A., Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 1966;Ph.D., 1971. | Associate Chair, Mathematics Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematics |
| Forni | Giovanni | Full Member | B.A. Universita di Bologna, Italy, 1988; Ph.D. Princeton University, 1993. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematics |
| Freidlin | Mark I. | Full Member | M.S., Moscow State University, 1959; Ph.D.,Steklov Mathematical Institute, 1962; Doctor, Moscow State University, 1970. | Distinguished University Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Distinguished University Professor, Mathematical Statistics Distinguished University Professor, Mathematics Professor, Mathematics |
| Gasarch | William | Full Member | B.S., State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1980; M.S., Harvard University, 1982 Ph.D., 1985. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Computer Science Affiliate Professor, Mathematics |
| Gates | Sylvester James, Jr. | Full Member | B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973; Ph.D.,1977. | Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Physics Distinguished University Professor, Physics Regents Professor, Physics Affiliate Professor, Mathematics |
| Gholampour | Amin | Full Member | Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 2007 | Assistant Professor, Mathematics |
| Glaz | Harland M. | Full Member | B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1971; M.A.,University of California-Berkeley, 1975; Ph.D., 1977. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor Emeritus, Mathematics |
| Goldman | William M. | Full Member | A.B., Princeton University, 1977; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1980. | Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Mathematics Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematics |
| Grillakis | Manoussos | Full Member | B.A., National Technical University of Athens, 1981; M.A., Brown University, 1983; Ph.D., 1986. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematics |
| Gulick | Denny | Full Member | B.A., Oberlin College, 1958; M.A., Yale University,1960; Ph.D., 1963. | Professor, Mathematics |
| Gutierrez | Osvaldo | Full Member | Ph.D., UC Davis, 2009; B.S. and M.S. UCLA, 2012 | Assistant Professor, Mathematics Assistant Professor, Chemistry Affiliate Professor, Chemical Physics |
| Haines | Thomas J. | Full Member | B.S., University of Michigan, 1990; S.M., University of Chicago, 1991; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1997. | Associate Chair, Mathematics Professor, Mathematics |
| Halperin | Stephen | Full Member | B.Sc., University of Toronto, 1965; M.Sc., 1966; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1970. | Professor, Mathematics |
| Hunt | Brian R. | Full Member | M.A., University of Maryland-College Park, 1983; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1989. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor Emeritus, Mathematics |
| Jabin | Pierre-Emmanuel | Full Member | Ph.D., University Paris VI, 2000 | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematics |
| Jakobson | Michael | Full Member | M.A., Moscow State University, 1967; Ph.D., 1970. | Professor, Mathematics |
| Kagan | Abram | Full Member | M.A., University of Tashkent, 1958; Ph.D., University of Leningrad, 1963; D.Sc., 1967. | Professor, Mathematical Statistics Professor, Mathematics |
| Kaloshin | Vadim | Full Member | B.A. Moscow State University, 1994 M.A. Princeton University, 1997 Ph.D. Princeton University, 2001 | Professor, Mathematics |
| Kedem | Benjamin | Full Member | B.S., Roosevelt University, 1968; M.S.,Carnegie-Mellon University, 1970; Ph.D., 1973. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematical Statistics Professor, Mathematics |
| Kirwan | William E. | Full Member | A.B., University of Kentucky, 1960; M.S., Rutgers Unviersity, 1962; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1964. | Professor Emeritus, Mathematics |
| Koralov | Leonid | Full Member | B.S., Moscow State University, 1991; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1998. | Professor, Mathematical Statistics Professor, Mathematics |
| Kueker | David W. | Full Member | A.B., University of California Los Angeles 1964; M.A., University of California Los Angeles 1966; Ph. D., University of California Los Angeles 1967. | Professor Emeritus, Mathematics |
| Laskowski | Michael C. | Full Member | B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978; Ph.D.,University of California-Berkeley, 1987. | Professor, Mathematics |
| Levermore | Charles D. | Full Member | B.S. Math, 1974, B.S.Physics, 1974, M.S. Math, 1974, Clarkson University; Ph.D., Math New York University, 1982. | Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematics |
| Levy | Doron | Full Member | B.Sc., Tel-Aviv University,Israel 1991 M.Sc., Tel-Aviv University,1994 Ph.D., Tel-Aviv University,1997 | Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Mathematics Professor, Mathematics Professor, Biophysics |
| Lipsman | Ronald L. | Full Member | B.S.,City University of New York-City College, 1964; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967. | Professor Emeritus, Mathematics |
| Machedon | Matei | Full Member | B.A., University of Chicago, 1982; Ph.D.,Princeton University, 1986. | Professor, Mathematics |
| Margetis | Dionisios | Full Member | Diploma, National Technical University of Athens, 1992; S.M., Harvard University, 1994; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1999. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematics |
| Mellet | Antoine | Full Member | B.A. Ecole Normale Superieur de Lyon, 1999 Universite Toulouse III, 2003 | Professor, Mathematics Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation |
| Melnick | Karin | Full Member | B.A. Reed College 1999, M.S. University of Chicago 2000, Ph.D. University of Chicago 2006 | Associate Professor, Mathematics |
| Millson | John J. | Full Member | B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1973. | Professor, Mathematics |
| Nochetto | Ricardo H. | Full Member | Licenciado, University of Rosario-Argentina, 1976; Ingeniero Electricista, 1979; Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires, 1983. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematics |
| Okoudjou | Kasso A. | Full Member | Maîtrise, Université Nationale du Bénin, 1996; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003. | Associate Chair, Mathematics Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematics |
| Ramachandran | Niranjan | Full Member | B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991; M.A., Brown University, 1995; Ph.D., 1996. | Associate Professor, Mathematics |
| Rosenberg | Jonathan M. | Full Member | A.B., Harvard University, 1972; Math. Tripos, Pt. III, University of Cambridge, 1973; Ph.D.,University of California-Berkeley, 1976. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematics |
| Rubinstein | Yanir A. | Full Member | B.A., Technion, 1999; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. | Professor, Mathematics |
| Saegusa | Takumi | Full Member | LL.B., Univ. of Tokyo, 2002M.S., Cal. State Northridge, 2005Ph.D., Univ. of Washington, 2012 | Assistant Professor, Mathematical Statistics Assistant Professor, Mathematics |
| Schafer | James A. | Full Member | B.S., University of Rochester, 1961; M.S., University of Chicago, 1962; Ph.D., 1965. | Professor, Mathematics |
| Slud | Eric Victor | Full Member | B.A., Harvard University, 1972; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematical Statistics Professor, Mathematics |
| Smith | Paul J. | Full Member | B.S., Drexel, 1965; M.S., Case Western Reserve, 1967; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve U. 1969. | Associate Chair, Mathematics Director, Mathematical Statistics Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Associate Professor, Mathematical Statistics Associate Professor, Mathematics |
| Sun | Tingni | Full Member | B.S., Peking Univ., 2007Ph.D., Rutgers, 2012 | Assistant Professor, Mathematics |
| Tadmor | Eitan | Full Member | B.Sc., Tel-Aviv University, 1973; M.Sc., Tel-Aviv University, 1975; Ph.D., Tel-Aviv University, 1979. | Distinguished University Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Distinguished University Professor, Mathematics Professor, Mathematics |
| Tamvakis | Harry | Full Member | B.A., University of Athens, 1990; S.M., University of Chicago, 1991; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1997. | Professor, Mathematics |
| Washington | Lawrence C. | Full Member | B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1971; M.A., 1971; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1974. | Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Mathematics Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Mathematics |
| Wentworth | Richard A. | Full Member | B.S. University of Wisconsin, 1985, Ph.D. Columbia University, 1990. | Professor, Mathematics |
| Wolfe | Peter | Full Member | B.S., St. Lawrence University, 1959; B.S.E.E., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1959; M.S., Northwestern University, 1961; Ph.D., New York University, 1965. | Professor Emeritus, Mathematics |
| Wolpert | Scott A. | Full Member | B.S., Johns Hopkins University,1972; M.S., Stanford University, 1974; Ph.D., 1976. | Chair, Mathematics Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Mathematics Professor, Mathematics |
| Yang | Grace L. | Full Member | B.A., National Taiwan University, 1960; M.A.,University of California-Berkeley, 1963; Ph.D., 1966. | Professor Emerita, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor Emerita, Mathematical Statistics Professor Emerita, Mathematics |
| Yorke | James A. | Full Member | A.B., Columbia University,1963; Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park, 1966. | Distinguished University Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Mathematics Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Physics |
| Zickert | Christian | Full Member | Ph.D., Columbia University, 2008 | Assistant Professor, Mathematics |
| von Petersdorff | Tobias | Full Member | Dipl.Math.,Technical University of Darmstadt-Germany, 1987; Ph.D., 1989. | Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Associate Professor, Mathematics |