Mathematics

The Department of Mathematics administers the mathematics degree program. More information can be obtained from the department website or by calling (646) 997-3850.

The Department of Mathematics offers a wide variety of courses in both pure and applied mathematics. Faculty are members of the University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, noted for its advanced training and research programs that emphasize the applications of mathematics to technology and other branches of science.

Undergraduate Programs

The undergraduate program in mathematics provides a background for advanced study or subsequent research in mathematics and training for those students who expect to end their formal education with a bachelor’s degree.

For science and engineering majors, mathematics provides the theory and methods essential to understanding the mathematical aspects of their respective fields.

With these objectives, the Department of Mathematics offers courses in mathematics and, for the mathematics major, specific programs leading to the Bachelor of Science degree. Students wishing to pursue a bachelor’s degree in mathematics may elect to follow either of two courses of study. Students wishing to focus their studies within mathematics or to apply mathematics to other fields may elect the program leading to a BS in Mathematics. Students wishing to incorporate extensive physics into their mathematical training may elect the program leading to a BS in Mathematics and Physics. These two programs provide basic grounding in mathematical knowledge.

An accelerated, five-year B.S. and M.S. mathematics program is offered. In addition, independent study courses are available for students with special interests.

Mathematics majors are encouraged to spend a semester studying away. Currently, mathematics courses are offered at NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU Berlin, NYU London, and NYU Shanghai.

Dual majors in Mathematics and Physics

NYU Tandon offers undergraduates a dual major in mathematics and physics , according to the general rules described in the section Degree Requirements. Specific course requirements for this 128-credit degree must be approved by advisers from both the mathematics and physics programs. The dual major allows students to gain competence in two different and substantial fields of science to such an extent that, upon earning a bachelor’s degree, they may qualify for industrial positions in two distinct areas or go on to graduate studies in either of the two subjects.

Graduate Programs

Our master’s program offers students who hold bachelor degrees in mathematics and related fields an opportunity to broaden their knowledge in several fields of mathematics and its applications by providing further courses at the upper-division and beginning graduate levels. The wide and varied choice of courses reflects the Courant Institute’s long tradition of multidisciplinary research and education, rooted in the strong interactions between the Department of Mathematics, the Department of Computer Science, and the Center for Data Science. 

The particular nature and focus of the three masters options, are discussed in detail in the pages in this site dedicated to each program.

Programs

• Mathematics Minor

• Mathematics, B.S.

• Mathematical Sciences, Examination Option and Designated Subspecialty Option, M.S.
• Mathematical Sciences, Examination Option, M.S.
• Mathematical Sciences, Thesis Option, M.S.