Department of Mathematics | University of Pittsburgh

Department of Mathematics

Research Areas

Graduate students in our department participate in many research areas. The faculty encourage graduate students to
Undergraduate Programs

We offer undergraduate programs leading to Bachelor of Science degrees in
Graduate Programs

We offer graduate programs leading to Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees
Michalik Lecture Series

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Math Placement Assessment

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Research Areas

Graduate students in our department participate in many research areas. The faculty encourage graduate students to contact them to discuss their ideas.
Undergraduate Programs

We offer undergraduate programs leading to Bachelor of Science degrees in mathematics, applied mathematics, mathematical biology and actuarial mathematics.
Graduate Programs

We offer graduate programs leading to Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in the mathematical sciences.
Michalik Lecture Series

View our upcoming and past lectures featured in the Edmund R. Michalik Distinguished Lecture Series.
Math Placement Assessment

The Mathematics placement assessment will help you and your advisor determine the right Mathematics course for you.
Open Faculty Positions

Check here for any opening for faculty positions

Seminars & Colloquia

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Apr

10

When a set theorist hears 'combinatorics'

Algebra, Combinatorics, and Geometry Seminar

12:00pm

Apr

11

Generating Functions and their Applications

Graduate Student Seminar

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Apr

11

A variational regularity theory for Optimal Transportation, and its application to matching

3:30pm

Felix Otto

Apr

14

Marc Karakouzian - Vibration-Induced Propulsion of a Rigid Body in a Viscous Liquid

PDE and Analysis Seminar

3:30pm

Marc Karakouzian

Apr

17

From complex to real multiplication: a p-adic story

Algebra, Combinatorics, and Geometry Seminar

12:00pm

Alice Pozzi

Apr

18

TBA - Chongchun Zeng

3:30pm

Chongchun Zeng

Apr

21

A new solvability condition for $L^p$ boundary value problems

PDE and Analysis Seminar

3:30pm to 4:30pm

Martin Ulmer

Events

April 9, 2025 to April 11, 2025

Lecture Series by Felix Otto: The thresholding scheme for mean curvature flow and De Giorgi's minimizing movements

April 12, 2025 to April 13, 2025

Workshop on PDEs in Fluid Dynamics

May 4, 2025

Department of Mathematics 2025 Departmental Commencement Ceremony

May 5, 2025 to May 6, 2025

Recent Advances in Numerical PDEs

July 28, 2025

Girls Summer Math Camp 2025

News

Days of Prime Numbers: A Two-Day Celebration with James A. Maynard

Piotr Hajlasz awarded the 2025 Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award

Bard Ermentrout Awarded the Prestigious Jürgen Moser Lecture Prize for 2025

Pittsburgh Interdisciplinary Mathematics Review (PIMR) Volume 2 has Been Published

Lark Song Won a Poster Award from the Mathematical Association of America

Empowering Future Mathematicians: All Girls Summer Math Camp Prepares Young Women for a Future in Steam

Pittsburgh Interdisciplinary Mathematics Review (PIMR) has been Published

2024 Pitt Undergraduate Integration Bee Results

2024 Chancellor's Undergraduate Research Fellow - Lark Song

Jeopardy and the Honeycomb Conjecture