Welcome to the Mathematics Graduate Program Home Page at the University of Oregon!

The Department. The Mathematics Department at the University of Oregon offers programs leading to a Master's degree or a PhD in a variety of areas of mathematics. The American Mathematical Society has ranked the department in the top group of U.S. research departments. The department has distinguished research groups in algebra, analysis, topology, geometry and probability. The department has almost a perfect size: it is large enough to provide the quality and breadth required for a major research department, yet small enough so that graduate students have close interactions with the faculty. There are 30 faculty members and around 60 graduate students. You can find out more about the research interests in the department from the Research page, and our current graduate students from the Students page.

Graduate Studies. The primary goal of our graduate program is to produce doctoral students who are outstanding researchers and fine teachers. The majority of our graduate students are enrolled either in the pre-PhD program (for students aiming for a PhD but who have not yet passed the PhD qualifying examinations) or in the PhD program itself. We also have a few students (one or two each year) whose final goal is a Master's degree in mathematics, rather than a PhD, and a few students enrolled in our relatively new Master's program in math/education for people who intend to go on to teach math in high school or community college. You can find out more about the graduate programs on offer from the Programs page, and the graduate courses taught from the Courses page.

Graduate Teaching Fellowships. Along with a program of stimulating courses and seminars considerable effort goes into helping graduate students become good teachers. Most graduate students are appointed as Graduate Teaching Fellows and receive a full tuition waiver plus a salary for the academic year. Additional summer support is also available. The department has an outstanding record of placing its doctoral students, due to its high level program of research and teaching. For more about GTFs, see the Teaching page, and for more about financial aspects of being a graduate student see the Money page.

The University. The University of Oregon is located in the northwest United States in the lovely Willamette Valley, with easy access to the Pacific Ocean and the Cascade mountains. The beautiful campus is home to about 20,000 students. You can find some photos of the campus and the surrounding country on the Eugene page.

Admission Procedures. The application process is explained in detail on the How to Apply page. If after that you still have questions/problems, see the Contacts page.