Every branch of science draws upon mathematics, It forms the foundation for all technical scientific work. On its own, it stands as an elegant, fascinating, varied, and endlessly challenging field of inquiry. At Tufts, students take courses and participate in faculty research that extends from pure to applied mathematics.While some mathematics majors go on to graduate work in the field, many apply the challenging intellectual program to a wide variety of careers. Graduates of the Department of Mathematics at Tufts work in government, law, engineering, corporations, and medicine, for instance. Students who major in computer science, mechanical engineering, even psychology or philosophy often find that mathematics complements their educational experience as a second major or as a minor.Tufts has a lively undergraduate program consisting of a major and minor in Mathematics and a major in Applied Mathematics.Some of our majors go to graduate studies in Mathematics, others proceed to many different careers, including law, business, medicine, teaching, and government. At the undergraduate and graduate level, mathematics is studied for a variety of reasons: for its applicability, aesthetics, intellectual challenge, enjoyment, and as a cultural achievement in itself. Moreover, the ability to think logically and rigorously, central to the experience of mathematics, is valued in many professions. There are numerous student groups and activities for math majors to be found in Math Life at Tufts.
