Welcome to the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Our department is committed to excellence in teaching and research. Our diverse faculty and staff serve the wide range of interests and activities in which Georgia State immerses itself. The department cherishes the cultural heterogeneity of our faculty, staff and students.

Our department is in charge of all mathematics core courses (more than 11 courses) at the downtown campus, with the most teaching hours among all departments and units at Georgia State. Apart from traditional lectures, three of our most popular courses (Elementary Statistics, College Algebra and Precalculus) are taught in emporium format, a hybrid of classroom lectures and laboratory learning. Imbued with immense talent and dedication, we have achieved superior student success rates in the last 10 years, which has helped increase student graduation rates. Some of our courses have become national success models and have attracted visitors from many other universities and colleges.

Our department offers baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral programs. The department offers two accelerated dual-degree programs with a combination of a B.S. in mathematics, and an M.S. degree with concentrations in either mathematics or statistics. Under the College of Arts and Sciences, the department recently developed an M.S. degree in data science with the Department of Computer Science.

Our undergraduate programs enroll an average of about 230 students and graduate almost 45 students annually. Our faculty are dedicated to students’ success. In 2020, Georgia State was ranked the No.1 public university for undergraduate teaching by U.S. News & World Report. Undergraduates have ample opportunities to work on mathematical research with faculty through the Research in Mathematics, Mathematics Education, and Statistics program administered by the department.

The majority of our M.S. graduate students are in statistics and related fields. Our M.S. programs enroll 70 students and graduate about 30 students each year. The concentrations in the M.S. program include Discrete Mathematics, Scientific Computing, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Biostatistics, and Statistics and Allied Field.

Our Ph.D. program in mathematics offers three concentrations: Mathematics, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. The Ph.D. program enrolls about 50 students and graduates about 10 Ph.D. students per year.

The department has a diverse faculty engaged in research covering broad areas in mathematics, statistics and their applications. We have internationally recognized experts in the following areas: algebra, biostatistics, biomathematics, combinatorics and graph theory, dynamical systems, mathematics education, matrix analysis and numerical analysis. Our faculty regularly publish in top-ranked journals, and on average more than 1/2 of the research faculty members are supported by federally funded grants. Several members have been serving on editorial boards of journals.

Please explore our website and contact us if you would like to join the department or need more information

Guantao Chen, Ph.D.
Chair and Regents’ Professor