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I would like to address a few words to prospective and continuing graduate students about the special features of the Mathematics department at Johns Hopkins University, and about its graduate program in particular.

Hopkins is a research-oriented pure mathematics department, consisting  of 15 senior faculty members, plus 4 Assistant Professors and a new group of 3 J.J. Sylvester Assistant Professors.    Beginning with J.J. Sylvester in the late 19th century, and continuing with Zariski, Kodaira, van Kampen, Chow, Igusa and  others in the 20th century, Hopkins has had a distinguished history in Algebraic Geometry, Number theory and Topology, among other fields. To find out more about our history, click on the photo of Sylvester.  Our current research areas  lie in Analysis, Algebraic/Complex Geometry, Algebraic Topology, Mathematical Physics and Number theory.  To find out what our specialties are, see our Research Groups page and our individual Faculty homepages.

Usually, around 4-5 graduate students receive their PhD's from our department each year, and go on to careers both within and outside of academe. Click on PhD Theses to see a sample of some recent theses in our department.  If you would like to contact some current graduate students  to find our more about life in our department, here are some students who would be happy to talk with you.

While our aim is to train graduate students to become research mathematicians, we understand that there are many new opportunities for Ph.D.'s in pure mathematics.  A new seminar will introduce students to these career possibilities.