该系是加拿大数学和统计领域领先的研究部门之一。它是在纯数学和应用数学与统计学的大多数领域继续攻读研究生的好地方。本系包括现代代数，代数组，代数几何，功能分析，动力学系统，流体动力学，数学生物学，数学的世界领先专家物理，统计学，数学金融和科学计算。要成功完成博士学位课程，学生必须满足最低课程要求，通过入学年限，候选资格考试并撰写博士学位论文（对程序的一般区域），然后必须在最终的口试中成功辩护。
The regulations spelled out below are only an approximate summary. For details, see the official Regulations and Guidelines for Graduate Programs. To successfully complete a PhD program, the student must satisfy the minimum course requirements, pass the Entrance Year, the Candidacy Exam, and write a PhD thesis (a significant and original research contribution to the general area of the program), which then has to be successfully defended in a final oral examination (defense). The Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Alberta is engaged in a wide range of research, teaching, and outreach activities.