Facts

Department Basics

The Department faculty are grouped into Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. We are located in the Simons Building (Building 2) on the MIT campus.

Current and Former Faculty Awards

1 Abel Prize recipient
2 National Medal of Science recipients
2 Institute Professors
2 MacArthur Fellow
3 Chauvenet Prizes
1 Rolf Schock Prize
1 King Faisal Prize
3 Bôcher prize recipients (top award in Analysis)
2 Cole Prize recipients (top award in Algebra)
5 Veblen Prize (top award in Geometry)
1 Nevanlinna Prize (top award in Theoretical Computer Science)
Steele Prizes (AMS awards for research, exposition, and lifetime achievement)
5 Fulkerson Prize recipient (top award in discrete mathematics and optimization)
1 Pólya Prize recipient (top award for Combinatorics)
3 Wigner Medal recipients (award for understanding Physics through Group Theory)
24 members of the National Academy of Science
2 member of the National Academy of Engineering
37 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Department Heads

Michel Goemans 2017-
Tomasz Mrowka 2014-2017
Michael Sipser 2004-2014
David A. Vogan, Jr. 1999-2004
David Benney 1989-1999
Arthur P. Mattuck 1983-1989
Daniel Kleitman 1978-1983
Kenneth M. Hoffman 1971-1978
Norman Levinson 1968-1971
William Ted Martin 1947-1968
Henry Bayard Phillips 1934-1947
Frederick S. Woods 1930-1934
Harry Walter Tyler 1902-1930
John D. Runkle 1865-1902

Pure Mathematics Committee Chairs

Tobias Holck Colding 2016-
Paul Seidel 2015-2016
Tomasz Mrowka 2011-2015
David Jerison 2009-2011
Tomasz Mrowka 2004-2009
David Jerison 2002-2004
Richard Melrose 1999-2002
David Vogan 1997-1999
Daniel Stroock 1995-1997
Haynes Miller 1993-1995
Robert MacPherson 1992-1993
Victor Guillemin 1991-1992
Robert MacPherson 1990-1991
Richard Melrose 1987-1990
Frank Peterson 1984-1987
Victor Guillemin 1983-1984
Michael Artin 1982-1983

Applied Mathematics Committee Chairs

Philippe Rigollet 2023-
Peter Shor 2015-2023
Michel Goemans 2008-2015
Alar Toomre 2006-2008
Ruben Rosales 2002-2006
Daniel Kleitman 2000-2002
Michael Sipser 1998-2000
Hung Cheng 1996-1998
Richard Stanley 1993-1996

Statistics

Students

Enrollment

475 Undergraduate Students (2024)
125 Graduate Students (2024)

Degrees Awarded

194 Bachelor's Degrees (S.B.) (2024)
24 Doctoral Degrees (Ph.D.) (2024)

Faculty, Instructors, and Post-docs

42 Professors
3 Associate Professors
7 Assistant Professors
18 Emeritus
41 Instructors and Lecturers
31 Postdoctoral Fellows and Associates
19 Researchers and Visitors