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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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Apr 10

Analysis Seminar: Conformal Invariance of Face Percolation on the Hexagonal Lattice

Apr 10, 2026, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Speaker: Morgan Shuman, GMU Title: Conformal Invariance of Face Percolation on the Hexagonal Lattice Abstract Date/Time: Friday, April 10, 11:30am Location: Exploratory Hall, Room 4106 or Zoom

Apr 10

CAGS: Reciprocal complements: a new construction on integral domains

Apr 10, 2026, 12:30 - 1:30 PM

Speaker: Neil Epstein, GMU Title: Reciprocal complements: a new construction on integral domains Abstract Time: Friday, April 10, 12:30pm – 1:30pm Location: Exploratory Hall, room 4106 and Zoom

Apr 10

Topology, Algebraic Geometry, and Dynamics Seminar (TADS): Metric invariants and scalar curvature

Apr 10, 2026, 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Speaker: Aditya Kumar, University of Maryland Title: Metric invariants and scalar curvature Abstract: We will discuss counterexamples to the macroscopic version of Gromov’s Urysohn width conjecture for scalar curvature in dimensions four and above. They are based on a novel estimate on the codimension-two Urysohn width of circle bundles over