The following is a list of broad categories in which the members of the department are actively involved in research. For more information on each member's research, or to identify potential M.Sc. and Ph.D. supervisors, please follow the link to the individual staff member's page where more specific details of their research appears.

 Mathematics research groups

Applied mathematics

Differential Equations, Symmetry Methods, Lie Algebra

• Prof JM Manale
• Prof A Adem
• Prof EF Doungmo Goufo
• Prof H Jafari
• Mr M Kgarose
• Mr P Malima

Epidemiology
In the Department of Mathematical Sciences we model the patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease conditions in defined populations by means of differential equations; the analysis and numerical solutions are studied.

• Prof EF Doungmo Goufo
• Prof ZI Ali
• Prof JMW Munganga
• Dr F Nyathi
• Dr A Dlamini
• Mr T Sekgobela

Financial Mathematics

• Dr ZI Ali
• Prof Kubeka
• Dr Y Sithole

Fluid Mechanics

• Prof JMW Munganga

Fractional calculus

• Prof EF Doungmo Goufo
• Prof H Jafari
• Dr A Dlamini

General Relativity, Astrophysics, and Cosmology.

• Prof A Kubeka

Mathematics Modelling, Applications and Analysis

• Prof ZI Ali
• Prof EF Doungmo Goufo
• Prof A Kubeka
• Prof H Jafari
• Prof JMW Munganga

Partial Differential Equations

• Prof JMW Munganga

Stochastic Partial Differential Equations

• Prof ZI Ali

Pure Mathematics

The following is a list of broad categories in which the members of the department are actively involved in research. For more information on each member's research, or to identify potential MSc and PhD supervisors, please follow the individual staff member's profile where more specific details of their research appears.

Category Theory

• Dr Ghosh

Functional Analysis

• Dr P de jager
• Prof C Agyingi
• Prof T Nazir

Graph Theory

• Prof ZI Ali
• Prof T Nazir

Ring Theory

• Dr B Tlharesakgosi

Topology and Commutative Rings

• Dr PP Ghosh
• Dr B Tlharesakgosi
• Dr S Blose