The Department of Applied Mathematics has 30 faculty members and over 100 graduate students. We offer undergraduate plans in Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics that attract outstanding students. The wide range of interdisciplinary research being undertaken in the department provides a stimulating environment for our graduate program.
The department has research programs in
- Control and Dynamical Systems (including differential equations)
- Fluid Mechanics
- Mathematical Medicine and Biology
- Mathematical Physics
- Scientific Computing
New: Modified AM undergraduate programs from Fall 2025! (Including the AM-SciML program, our new major focusing on Scientific Machine Learning; new course AMATH 345 - Data-Driven Mathematical modeling; a new Climate and Sustainability specialization; and PHYS 121 no longer being required for the AM major.)
News
Francis Poulin part of WxAlliance awarded $5M NSERC Alliance Society grant
Dr. Francis Poulin, Professor of Applied Mathematics, leads the University of Waterloo’s part of WxAlliance, a Concordia-led initiative awarded a $5 million NSERC Alliance Society grant. The team is combining mathematical modelling with modern computing power to build a weather forecasting model that draws on the strengths of both classical and machine learning approaches.
Five Applied Mathematics graduate students receive $120,000 as part of the federal government’s CRTAS program
Current Applied Mathematics PhD students Zoya Abbasi, Boris Ragula, Jiayue Yang, Ireneo James Membrere and Morghan van Walsum each received a Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D). Valued at $40,000 per year, the scholarship runs for three years.
2026 Fall Convocation
Freshly minted Applied Math graduates received their Master’s and PhD degrees at the 2026 Fall Convocation. Congratulations to the graduates!
Events
Comprehensive Seminar | Morghan Van Walsum, Applications of integrated mechanistic modelling and scientific machine learning in mathematical oncology
MC 6460
Mathematical Medicine and Biology Seminar | Dr. Hermann Eberl, The thing with the bees: A Multiscale Model of Nosemosis in an Apiary
MC 5501
Applied Math Colloquium |Dr. Amir-Hossein Karimi, When AI Says No: Algorithmic Recourse and the Path Toward Actionable AI
MC 5501