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External Opportunities for PhD Students & Postdocs

**DISCLAIMER: This web page is set up as a courtesy for Columbia graduate students, postdocs, and undergrads who are seeking external opportunities not affiliated with the Department of Mathematics nor Columbia University. The Department and University do not take part in negotiations or disputes related to these opportunities. The Department of Mathematics and Columbia University […]

Independent Study

The Department provides several options for students who wish to pursue independent study: Supervised Readings MATH UN3901 – Supervised Reading I (fall term only) MATH UN3902 – Supervised Reading II (spring term only) Prerequisites: The written permission of the faculty member who agrees to act as sponsor (sponsorship limited to full-time instructors on the staff […]

Spring 2023 JOSEPH FELS RITT LECTURES

Join us on Monday, April 17, 2023 and Friday, April 21, 2023 from 4:30 – 5:30pm in room 520. Professor Camillo De Lellis (Institute for Advanced Study), will deliver a two talk series (MORE…).

Honors Math

Honors Mathematics A and B MATH UN1207 – Honors Mathematics A is offered in the fall only. See the College Bulletin listing. MATH UN1208 – Honors Mathematics B is offered in the spring only. See the College Bulletin listing. Course Description Honors Mathematics A and B form a rigorous, proof-based sequence in linear algebra and […]

Prior Terms

Spring 2025 (click to expand/collapse) MATH GR8675 – Topics in Number Theory Instructor: Dorian Goldfeld Title: Analytic Number Theory Abstract: This course will focus on the spectral theory of cusp forms and Langlands Eisenstein series for the group SL(n,Z) for n > 2. Using trace formula techniques we will obtain applications to classical problems in […]

Previous Incoming Classes

2024 Alvarado, Carlos (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Chaban, Igor (St. Petersburg State University) Grondin, Raphael (McGill University) Hall, Ethan (Princeton University) Ma, Kunyi (New York University Shanghai) Máthé, Charlotte (University of Oxford) Roz, Felix (Cornell University) Sun, Chenyang (Williams College) Szeto, Chun (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Wood, Sofia (ETH Zurich) Wu, Yifan […]

PhD Placement Data

First position of PhD graduates 2026 Anna Abasheva, May 2026, Master’s Program in Music Composition (New England Conservatory) Kevin Yaolin Chang, May 2026, Quantitative Researcher (Citadel Securities) Georgy Gaitsgori, May 2026, Quantitative Researcher (Susquehanna) Matthew Manchung Hase-Liu, May 2026, Research Scientist and NSF Postdoctoral Fellow (MIT) Amal Mattoo, May 2026, NSF FRG Postdoctoral Associate (University […]

Information for Alumni

If you received a degree in mathematics from Columbia College, SEAS, GS or Barnard, we’d love to hear from you! What are you doing now? Does your work involve mathematics? In what ways did a math degree from Columbia prove useful? Please send all comments or questions to alumni@math.columbia.edu. The Mathematics Department at Columbia has […]

Archived Seminars, Lectures, and Conferences

Previous Seminars Seminars from 1997 (Fall) – 2009 (Spring) Seminars from 2009 (Fall) – 2012 (Spring) Seminars from 2012 (Spring) – 2015 (Spring). No longer available. Seminars from 2015 (Fall) – present Previous Special Lectures/Events 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 2013 | […]

Seminars at Nearby Institutions

CUNY Graduate Center Institute for Advanced Study NYU Courant Princeton University Rutgers Stony Brook (SUNY and Simons Center) Yale