Stevens helped me with with research,
both from the academic side—hosting seminars and conferences, inviting other researchers to Stevens—and financial side—funding my studies and research trips.
Pure and Applied Mathematics Ph.D. Program
Develop and conduct original, cutting-edge mathematical research that applies directly to real-world challenges with a Ph.D. in pure and applied mathematics from Stevens.
Here, you’ll enhance your expertise in pure mathematics foundations and complex mathematical models, but you’ll also learn how to effectively communicate that expertise through presentations and seminars. Alongside a faculty mentor you choose from among our world-class experts, you’ll produce a dissertation that develops a significant result in mathematics, as well as its application. You’ll graduate from the program well prepared for professorial and postdoctoral positions but also leadership roles in various industries, such as government and military research, scientific and management consulting, pharmaceuticals, insurance and financial services.
The Stevens Advantage
Stevens’ Hoboken, N.J., campus is located close to numerous industry hubs—such as the pharmaceutical corridor in New Jersey and epicenter of American finance in Manhattan—as well as a thriving start-up ecosystem. Employers in these sectors are always on the lookout for talented graduates with expertise in pure and applied mathematics.
What Students Are Saying
I enjoy being a Ph.D. student at Stevens!
The best part for me is the availability of endless opportunities for research, inside Stevens itself as well as with nearby schools like CUNY, Rutgers and Princeton.
Denis Ovchinnikov, Pure & Applied Mathematics Ph.D. Student
Because of my research at Stevens, I've had many opportunities.
I was able to give a talk about my research at a conference at Steklov Institute of Mathematics in Saint Petersburg and attend a conference and research meeting at EHU in Bilbao!
Denis Ovchinnikov, Pure & Applied Mathematics Ph.D. Student
Stevens’ World-Class Faculty
Stevens' math department boasts one of the top algorithmic and geometric group theory teams in the world, with distinguished experts in stochastic optimization and cryptography.
Darinka Dentcheva
Darinka Dentcheva is an expert in optimization, risk analysis and decision making under uncertainty.
Michael Zabarankin
Michael Zabarankin researches risk management and optimal control, continuous and discrete optimization, mathematical physics and variational principles…
Xiaohu Li
Xiaohu Li researches applied probability, mathematical statistics, dependence modelling, stochastic order, actuarial risk, and reliability.
Pavel Dubovsky
Professor Pavel Dubovsky is an expert in inverse problems and kinetics of particle coagulation.
Alexei Miasnikov
Alexei Miasnikov studies combinatorial, geometric, algorithmic and asymptotic group theory, cryptography, and statistical methods in pure mathematics.
Robert Gilman
Robert Gilman is a professor, published mathematician, editor of journals, and director of the Algebraic Cryptography Center at Stevens.