Programs of Study

The Department of Mathematics offers programs leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Courses of study are available in all of the principal branches of mathematics: algebra, analysis, applied mathematics, combinatorics, geometry, logic, group theory, number theory, probability, ergodic theory, representation theory, and topology.

Research Facilities

The Ohio State libraries have more than 4 million volumes and are served by a campuswide automated circulation system. In addition to the main library, there are eighteen departmental libraries. The Science and Engineering Library serves the College of Mathematics and Physical Sciences and the College of Engineering. This library contains more than 350,000 volumes and currently receives more than 2,750 serial titles. Students have ready access to microcomputers and the University mainframes. The Mathematics Department, jointly with the Statistics Department, is the home of the NSF Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI). The Office of Information Technology is a research and service facility that serves all departments, offering short-term seminars and noncredit courses directed to the needs of faculty and staff members and graduate students. The Department of Mathematics is home to the International Mathematics Research Institute.

Financial Aid

Financial assistance is offered to nearly every mathematics graduate student attending Ohio State, in the form of fellowships and/or teaching associateships. Both forms of support carry a stipend plus total waiver of all regular tuition and fees. In 2009-10 stipends for entering graduate students ranged from $16,290 to $17,225 for a nine-month appointment. The work load of teaching associates involves 6 hours per week of student contact, plus preparation and grading. Each new graduate student at Ohio State is encouraged to accept an initial Early Start Summer Fellowship, which carries a stipend of at least $3000 in 2009. Most continuing students receive summer-quarter support in the form of either fellowships or research associate or teaching associate appointments. Graduate teaching associate positions are renewable depending on the progress of the student.

Cost of Study

In 2009, tuition for full-time graduate study was $3561 per quarter for Ohio residents and $8,641 for nonresidents. Tuition is waived for students with teaching associateships, research associateships, or fellowships.

Living and Housing Costs

Convenient housing is located on and near the Columbus campus. Two dormitories house graduate students exclusively, at a cost of $495 per person per month. Ohio State maintains an apartment complex for married students; monthly rent ranges from $535 for a one-bedroom unit to $670 for a two-bedroom unit, including gas and water. The Off-Campus Student Center keeps files of available off-campus housing as a free service and prospective students can visit their Web site (http://www.osuoffcampus.com) for additional information. Monthly rent in Columbus ranges from $400 to $650.

Student Group

The Department of Mathematics has approximately 130 graduate students, representing about twenty states and fifteen countries. Over the past four years, the department has averaged twelve Ph.D. degrees and ten M.S. degrees per year. Most Ph.D. recipients seek and find employment in academic institutions, whereas M.S. recipients are employed, for the most part, by business, industry, or government.

Location

Columbus is centrally located in the eastern half of the country, 316 miles from Chicago, 555 miles from New York City, 560 miles from Atlanta, and 404 miles from St. Louis. The Columbus metropolitan area has approximately 1.25 million residents. It is the only major population center in Ohio to have gained residents since 1970. Columbus has a wide variety of fine restaurants and cultural activities. The city supports its own art museum and symphony orchestra and is home to one of the premier zoos in the nation. Temperatures average 73.5°F in August and 30.1°F in January. The average annual precipitation is 36.29 inches.

The University

The Ohio State University, comprising seventeen colleges, nine schools, four regional campuses, and the Graduate School, is the principal center for graduate and professional study in Ohio and one of the leading institutions of higher education in the United States. Approximately 50,000 students are enrolled in the University, more than 13,000 of them pursuing graduate or professional degrees. Each year the University attracts a large number of visiting scholars (about 40 in mathematics) who contribute to the intellectual vigor of the Ohio State community. Many Ohio State faculty members play important roles as consultants to federal and state government bodies and to private enterprise.

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Thomas Kerler
Vice-Chair of Graduate Studies
Department of Mathematics
The Ohio State University
231 W 18th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210

Denise Witcher - Graduate Secretary
Office: MA 102
Phone: (614) 292-6274
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