PhD in Mathematics

The mathematics department's doctoral program aims to give students thorough knowledge and demanding training across the principal areas of the discipline. A first year pitched at the frontier of present-day research sets the course of study apart from many others. Each entering group is relatively small, so students get frequent contact with faculty and with each other. Everyone is encouraged to participate actively in research seminars as well as in seminars that students organize themselves. The campus lies in Hyde Park, a historic neighborhood near downtown Chicago. Other universities in the surrounding region also have strong mathematics departments, and the exchange with those colleagues adds to the intellectual atmosphere of the program. The department's page also points to the campus course search tool, where applicants can browse what is currently taught and get a sense of the advanced courses open to doctoral students. Together these features describe a rigorous, research-centered environment built around close collaboration.