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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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Feb 13

Applied & Computational Mathematics seminar: Finite-Time Targeting Control in Weakly Stable Dissipative Systems -- Spontaneous Transition of Optimal Perturbation Patterns –

Feb 13, 2026, 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Speaker: Yoshitaka Saiki, Hitotsubashi University, Japan Title: Finite-Time Targeting Control in Weakly Stable Dissipative Systems -- Spontaneous Transition of Optimal Perturbation Patterns -- Abstract: Understanding finite-time sensitivity is central to high-dimensional dissipative systems, from fluid dynamics to atmospheric science, where direct control remains a fundamental challenge. While classical optimal perturbation

Feb 13

Geometry MMA Seminar: A hyperbolic geometry proof of Lagrange's theorem for continued fractions

Feb 13, 2026, 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Speaker: Anton Lukyanenko, GMU Title: A hyperbolic geometry proof of Lagrange's theorem for continued fractions Abstract: A base-10 expansion of a rational number is eventually-periodic. Famously, similar results hold for continued fraction representations: a number is rational if and only if it has a finite continued fraction (CF) expansion, and

Feb 20

Mathematics Colloquium: Does the Landau equation blow-up?

Feb 20, 2026, 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Speaker: Chris Henderson, University of Maryland Title: Does the Landau equation blow-up? Abstract: Hilbert's sixth problem is to connect microscopic particle dynamics, which follow Newton's laws, to macroscopic equations like the Navier-Stokes and Euler equations. A crucial tool in this program sits at the intermediate scale: the Landau equation. It