The NC State Department of Mathematics is committed to a diverse graduate student body.  The department  has a record of training students from all ethnic and racial groups for successful careers in Academia and Industry. For example, 8 African American students (Simon, Whitaker, Harris, Tullie, Attiogbe, Kyei, Jackson, and Ingram) have received Ph.D. degrees in either Mathematics or Applied Mathematics during the past 8 years and 4 more have passed qualifiers and are working on their thesis research.

The NC State Department of Mathematics also has a diverse faculty including 4 African American Professors (Chukwu, Fauntleroy, Medhin, Semazzi).

A number of special programs are available for minority students. Interested students can contact   the Graduate Program Director, the Graduate Program Administrator or Professor Medhin.  Before coming to NC State, Professor Medhin taught for several years at Clark Atlanta University and is familiar with what is involved in the transition to NC State.   We all love talking about our exciting programs.  Visits to campus are welcome at any time.

Interested students are also encouraged to visit NC State during Visit NC State day .  This university wide program supports student visits to NC State.