Mathematics is the science dealing with data, measurement, and scientific observations; with inference, deduction and proof; and with the development of analytical models of biological, chemical, physical, and social systems.

Mathematics majors find employment in many different areas: biomedical research, financial institutions, actuarial firms, government agencies, and various groups related to the military. In industry, mathematicians are often important members of multidisciplinary teams working on complex projects and are part of operations and logistics groups.

Department research and teaching interests include applied mathematics, differential geometry, operator algebras and operator theory, nonlinear partial differential equations, partial differential equations, ordinary differential equations, dynamical systems, machine intelligence, scientific computation, bifurcation theory, symmetry, numerical analysis, complex analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and more.

The Department of Mathematics from University of Houston offers a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.