Mathematics New York University

Overview

Mathematics allows human ingenuity to extract deep scientific understanding from relatively simple experiments and physical observations. Mathematics plays a double role: On the one hand, it is a scientific field of its own that has yielded powerful and surprisingly beautiful theroretical constructions. On the other hand, mathematics provides the toolbox needed to solve problems and to model phenomena observed in nature or of interest in industry and technology. 

As such, mathematics allows humans to model the physical universe, to build efficient algorithms in computing, to develop powerful artificial intelligence methods, to analyze financial markets, to produce predictions for climate science, to map and study the human genome, to analyze the structure of the human brain, and a long list of etcetera’s.

Key Facts

NYU Shanghai offers two tracks for a degree in Mathematics: Mathematics and Honors Mathematics. Both tracks develop the pure and applied aspects of the discipline. Majors in Mathematics BSc program from New York University acquire a solid grasp of the main areas of mathematics while being invited, through a number of electives courses, to apply this knowledge in a wide range of areas, including computer science, physics, chemistry, engineering, data science, operations research, finance, etc. 

Graduates are qualified either to continue with further graduate education, or to start a career in industry, financial institutions, logistics, statistical consulting, or any activity requiring abstraction capability, mathematical modeling skills or relying on intensive computational or quantitative techniques.