The Department of Mathematical Sciences, stablished at 1991, is one of the oldest departments in Yazd University. Nowadays, the department benefited from 31 active faculty members, expanded its activities into four fields:

1)      Pure Mathematics,

2)      Applied Mathematics,

3)      Computer Sciences, and

4)      Statistics.

The group of Mathematics was formed in 1977 with the establishment of teacher training university of Yazd. After establishment of Yazd University, teacher training university integrated with Yazd university in 1991, and the department was established with two sections, pure and applied mathematics. The Master and PhD programs of pure mathematics were established in years 1995 and 2004, respectively.

The first undergraduate program of Applied Mathematics, entitled “Mathematics Applied in Computer” was stablished in 1991 at Yazd University. The Master and PhD programs were also stablished in years 1994 and 2004, respectively. The Applied Mathematics Department accepted the first Master students in ‘Financial Mathematics’ in 2011. Also, the first Master students in ‘Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems’ were accepted in 2017.

Considering the importance of computer sciences, undergraduate program of Computer Science started in 2001, while the master and the Ph.D. programs were stablished in 2007 and 2012, respectively.

The Statistics section started in 2004 offering an undergraduate degree. In a plan to expand its activities, the section has been offering graduate programs for the Master of Science (MSc) in mathematical statistics and socioeconomic Statistics since 2007 and 2016, respectively. Also, the section began offering Doctoral of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in 2012.