Students pursue a program of study which includes both pure and applicable mathematics.
UNT has internationally recognized faculty whose research areas include algebra, combinatorics, topology, numerical analysis and computer methods, descriptive set theory, chaos and dynamical systems, functional analysis, image processing and pattern recognition, logic and foundations, and differential equations. The department has 28 faculty member and about 50 graduate students. The Department has a faculty colloquium that meets throughout the semester and hosts the Millican Lecture Series, which yearly feature some of the world's outstanding mathematicians. These individuals remain in residence in the Department for a week or longer, during which time they are available for interaction with local faculty and students. Research groups within the Department sponsor regular seminars for faculty and graduate students.