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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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Apr25

Mathematics Colloquium: Vector Bundles and Combinatorics

Apr 25, 2025, 12:30 - 1:30 PM

Speaker: Chris Manon, University of Kentucky. Title: Vector Bundles and Combinatorics Abstract: Vector bundles are important objects in topology and various flavors of geometry. In algebraic geometry they provide invariants of spaces as well as powerful notions of positivity. I'll give an introduction to vector bundles in the special case

May2

CAGS: Is a face ring equivariantly isomorphic to its barycentric subdivision, as modules over the parameter subring?

May 2, 2025, 12:30 - 1:30 PM

Speaker: Ben Blum-Smith, Johns Hopkins University Title: Is a face ring equivariantly isomorphic to its barycentric subdivision, as modules over the parameter subring? Abstract Time: Friday, May 2 - 12:30pm – 1:30pm Location: Exploratory Hall, room 4106 and on CAGS zoom link

May16