Welcome
Mathematics and statistics are present in all the aspects of our modern society. Mathematicians work in a broad range of professions. Everywhere, in the insurance or the finance industry, in the automobile or the aircraft industry, in the software and the internet industry, in the biotechnology and biomedical industry, mathematicians and statisticians have an important role in the modeling and analysis of phenomena, deepening the understanding in those respective domains.
In addition to offering the graduate and undergraduate degrees listed below, the department is also home to the Center for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics (CIMS), which has been supporting the development of industrial collaborations at undergraduate, graduate and research level with over 30 companies, businesses and government labs.
By the Numbers
- First classes in 1868
- 120 undergraduates
- 65 graduate students
- 25 tenured & tenure-track faculty
- 14 visiting & adjunct faculty
- $1.1 million in sponsored research (FY'07)
Degree Programs
- B.S. degrees in Mathematical Sciences & Actuarial Mathematics
- M.S. degrees in Applied Mathematics & Applied Statistics
- Professional M.S. degrees in Financial Mathematics & Industrial Mathematics
- Masters of Mathematics for Educators
- Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences
Departmental News
- Math Awareness Week: a talk on how Math can help us understand voting trends
- 2007 AMS Levi L. Conant Prize Recepient Jeffrey Weeks delivers talk on "The Shape of Space"
- WPI Mathematical Sciences Department Newsletter "Dimensions" Launches (pdf)
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