Admission Requirements

Students applying for admission should have a solid undergraduate training in a mathematical science.

Graduate Curriculum

Students study theoretical mathematics, applied mathematics, and an outside area in which mathematics is applied.

Faculty/Research

Meet the Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences faculty members.

Interdisciplinary PhD program

AMCS collaborates with various departments across campus in educating its graduate students.

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Student Spotlights

PhD student Nuzhat Nuari Khan Rivu.

Nuzhat Nuari Khan Rivu

Rivu uses math to solve real-world problems.

Samuel Brensinger

Samuel Brensinger

Brensinger won the 2020 D.C. Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize from the Graduate College.

J Vernerio

J Verniero

Verniero received the 2019 Hancher-Finkbine Medallion based on their achievements.

Events

Colloquium - "Submodular optimization for epidemic applications" promotional image

Colloquium - "Submodular optimization for epidemic applications"

Friday, September 4, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
UIowa Associate Professor, Bijaya Adhikari, offers strategies for choosing locations for disease surveillance and deciding how to distribute vaccines, especially when given a limited budget.
CS Colloquium - "Easy, Hard, and Impossible: Phase Transitions in Computation" promotional image

CS Colloquium - "Easy, Hard, and Impossible: Phase Transitions in Computation"

Friday, September 11, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor, Dr. Cristopher Moore, shows how to classify key problems in computing, data science, and statistical inference.
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