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PhD Applied Mathematics at Harvard University

Harvard University, United States

Programme overview

Applied Mathematics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is an interdisciplinary field that uses mathematical concepts to pose and solve problems across the physical and biomedical sciences, engineering and increasingly the social sciences and humanities.

Faculty: Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences  |  Department: Applied Mathematics, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences  |  Intake: Application deadline December 15, 2026  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cambridge, MA, United States

What you will study

Students work individually and in teams with faculty to describe, predict, design and control phenomena, for example soft-robotics artificial muscle fibres and simulation of tens of thousands of bubbles in foamy flows.

Career pathways

Graduates have joined Meta, Bloomberg and the Kingdom of Morocco, and others hold faculty positions at Dartmouth, Imperial College London and UCLA.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Programme: apply through Harvard Griffin GSAS selecting Engineering and Applied Sciences and 'PhD Applied Math'. GRE General and Mathematics/Physics Subject tests are optional. Three letters of recommendation are required (at least one from a faculty member at the school of the most recent degree unless out of school for more than five years). English proficiency for non-native speakers: an undergraduate degree from an institution where English is the primary language of instruction, or TOEFL iBT minimum 5 (95 for tests taken before January 21, 2026) with Speaking minimum 4.5, or IELTS Academic minimum 7 with Speaking minimum 6.5. A master's degree does not count as proof. Application deadline December 15, 2026 (5:00 p.m.).

USD 59,048 a year (2026-27). Harvard Griffin GSAS full tuition for PhD students, required for the first two years of study, 2026-27; reduced tuition is $15,352 in years three and four and the continuation fee is $3,906 after year four; PhD students may receive grants covering tuition Source

Intake: Application deadline December 15, 2026

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