• The Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics degree is offered by the department with concentrations in the areas of pure mathematics and applied mathematics. Knowledge of one foreign language chosen from French, German or Russian is expected.
  • Students must pass the Ph.D. qualifying examinations no later than one year after admission. The Ph.D. requires a minimum of 18 credit hours of work beyond the Master degree and those credit hours must be in residence at UNM. No more than 6 of these credit hours may be in reading or special topics courses. An additional 18 credit hours of a dissertation are required for the Ph.D.