
Mathematics

The Ph.D. program in Mathematics at the CUNY Graduate Center provides students the background they will need to pursue careers as pure or applied mathematicians
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Ph.D. in Mathematics
Full-time
Admissions Deadlines
January 1 (fall enrollment)
(No spring enrollment)
The Graduate Center's Ph.D. Program in Mathematics is a crossroads for the many research mathematicians working in the City University of New York, as well as a place for doctoral students to gain the background they will need to pursue careers as pure or applied mathematicians. The Graduate Center is the only campus offering a doctoral degree in mathematics and the majority of our faculty have dual appointments at the Graduate Center and at one of four year colleges within the CUNY system.
Research areas include algebraic geometry, algorithms, combinatorics, complex analysis and Teichmuller theory, dynamics, group theory, Lie theory, logic, number theory, probability, Riemannian geometry and analysis, and topology.
Note: The staff of the Mathematics Program Office are working remotely and fully operational while the office is physically closed until further notice. Use e-mail to contact any of us.

Program Highlight
Congratulations to Professor Dennis Sullivan on receiving the 2022 Abel Prize
Professor Dennis Parnell Sullivan Awarded the 2022 Abel Prize for Mathematics. The prize is equivalent to a Nobel Prize in Mathematics.
Read moreMathematics at a Glance
Latest News
Aug 9, 2022
$900K Grant Strengthens CUNY as a Hub for the Theoretical Sciences
Simons Foundation funds student fellowships and programming at the Initiative for the Theoretical Sciences.
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Jul 6, 2022
Seungwon Kim and team solve a 40-year-old problem in topology
The mathematics alumnus helped show that certain 2D objects remain distinct in 4D space.
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- Research News
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Mar 23, 2022
Professor Dennis Parnell Sullivan Awarded the 2022 Abel Prize for Mathematics
The prize is equivalent to a Nobel Prize in Mathematics.
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- Press Release
Feb 24, 2022
Mathematician Jason Behrstock Is Named a Simons Foundation Fellow
The competitive fellowship, Behrstock’s second from the Simons Foundation, will support his sabbatical research on theoretical mathematics.
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Announcements
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- Keino Brown - Metric Geometry and Geometric Analysis (Oxford, United Kingdom)
- Max Everett - Algebraic Theory of Differential and Difference Equations, Model Theory and their Applications (St. Mary's College)
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