UCLA Mathematics

Name

UCLA Mathematics

Legal name

UCLA Department of Mathematics

Website

https://ww3.math.ucla.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1919

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Mathematics

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Math Research, Projects & Modeling Programs (EDAMAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Math Circles & Mathematical Communities (EDAMAEAC), Problem-Solving & Enrichment Classes (Non-competition) (EDAMAEAB)

Keywords

• Mathematics education
• Mathematical research
• Graduate programs
• Applied mathematics
• Academic seminars

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

UCLA Mathematics is an academic department that delivers undergraduate and graduate education in mathematics across pure and applied disciplines. The department conducts research across algebra, analysis, combinatorics, computational applied mathematics, geometry, number theory, probability, topology, mathematical logic, and mathematical and statistical finance, and operates community outreach including the Los Angeles Math Circle (LAMC) for K-12 students and the Curtis Center for mathematics education research. It also supports an extensive seminar and colloquium program and publishes CAM Reports documenting computational and applied mathematics research.

Product overview

UCLA Mathematics is a university mathematics department offering undergraduate and graduate education, research programs, and community outreach. The department provides structured academic programs including undergraduate majors, graduate degrees, and specialized programs like the Los Angeles Math Circle (LAMC) for K-12 enrichment, the Curtis Center for mathematics education research, and the Program in Computing (PIC) for computational training. The department hosts numerous research seminars, colloquia, and a Distinguished Lecture Series, and publishes CAM Reports documenting computational and applied mathematics research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Los Angeles Math Circle (LAMC)

Quantifiable outcome

• UCLA team ranked #3 nationwide in 2018 Putnam Mathematical Competition out of 568 institutions
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered major and minor.

• Toyota Research Institute (TRI)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Professor Chenfanfu Jiang collaborates with Toyota Research Institute for URP 3.0 (University Research Program). The five-year project 'Pushing the Limits of GPU-based Physics Simulations for Robotics' focuses on developing fast, accurate physics simulations for robot training and evaluation in complex virtual environments. URP 3.0 supports 69 research projects across 31 universities, bringing together 88 TRI researchers and 104 faculty members.
• Institute for Mathematical Research (FIM) at ETH ZürichminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2019FIM hosted a conference in honor of Professor William Duke's 61st birthday covering his research interests in arithmetic, geometry, and modular forms.
• American Academy of Arts & SciencesminorOthersRichard Tapia was a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Academy provided a photo for his memorial.
• Society of ActuariesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCLA team participated in the Society of Actuaries Student Research Case Study Challenge, designing an automobile insurance product for autonomous vehicles.
• Institute for Advanced StudyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHong Wang was a postdoctoral member at the Institute for Advanced Study before joining UCLA Mathematics as assistant professor.
• Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHong Wang named permanent professor of mathematics at IHES in France in 2025.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• University of Michigan Department of Mathematics: Michigan Math is a top-10 public university peer with similar breadth across pure and applied mathematics and a comparable graduate program size, making it a direct comparator for both faculty recruitment and student placement.
• MIT Department of Mathematics: MIT Math is one of the most direct peers to UCLA Math — both are top-5 U.S. research mathematics departments with similar scope (pure + applied + computational), elite faculty rosters, and competitive graduate programs.
• Harvard Department of Mathematics: Harvard Math is a directly comparable elite research department with overlapping specializations in pure mathematics, applied math, and connections to applied/AI initiatives; competes with UCLA for faculty and graduate students.
• Caltech Department of Mathematics: Caltech Math is a smaller but elite peer institution with comparable research intensity and elite graduate placement; competes with UCLA for top California math applicants.
• UC Berkeley Department of Mathematics: Berkeley Math is the closest in-state peer — same UC system, similar research breadth, similar applicant pool, and overlapping faculty recruiting market for both graduate students and ladder faculty.
• University of Chicago Department of Mathematics: Chicago Math is a top-tier peer with comparable strength in pure mathematics and analysis, and competes with UCLA for elite graduate applicants and postdocs.
• Stanford Department of Mathematics: Stanford Math is a top peer with comparable research intensity across pure and applied mathematics and strong industry links to Silicon Valley, mirroring UCLA Math's L.A.-based industry partnerships with TRI and others.
• Courant Institute (NYU): Courant is a premier peer for applied mathematics in particular — directly comparable to UCLA's CAM (Computational and Applied Mathematics) research areas and offers similar industry-facing applied math programs.
• Columbia University Department of Mathematics: Columbia Math is an elite research peer with overlapping areas in algebra, topology, and applied math; directly competes with UCLA for the same pool of elite graduate applicants.
• Princeton Department of Mathematics: Princeton Math is a leading peer institution with comparable research breadth, top-ranked graduate program, and concentration of Fields Medal-caliber faculty; UCLA's Tao is a Princeton alumnus, illustrating the tight institutional network.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/uclamath
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCGJB20xYPDkmUacSz_IzCPw
• Facebookfacebook.com/UCLAmath
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/uclamathematics

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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