Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics

The degree is designed to give students a contemporary, comprehensive education in subjects such as high-performance computing, numerical analysis, optimization, statistical methods, and operations research. In all of its activities, the department embodies the outlook that mathematics, statistics, computing, and data science are powerful tools that can be used to solve problems of immediate and practical importance. Our program emphasizes the training of skills valued by many employers. These skills include problem solving, critical thinking, analysis, facility with data, the ability to process quantitative information, and most important of all, the ability to learn and master new skills and concepts quickly. These strengths make our students highly marketable for careers in industry as well as in academia. Scholarships and assistantships for graduate students are available and awarded competitively.
The program requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their program advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.

A baccalaureate degree or master's degree (not necessarily in mathematics) from an accredited college or university, or completion of work equivalent to the baccalaureate degree or master's degree given at CU Denver with at least a 3.0 grade point average (GPA);

or

Sufficiently high performance on the GRE subject test in mathematics, or completion of at least 12 credit hours of graduate-level mathematical coursework.

In addition, students must have taken a minimum of 30 semester hours of undergraduate mathematics, at least 24 of which are upper division courses with a grade of B- or better. These courses must include:

one semester of advanced calculus or real analysis (or equivalent)

one semester of linear algebra

one semester of one of the following:

abstract algebra

differential equations

discrete mathematics

probability

English language requirements: Applicants must have a minimum score of TOEFL paper based test is 537, 75 IBT, Minimum IELTS Score Accepted: 6.5, the minimum score of Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic is 51.