PROMYS | Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists – Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists

PROMYS | Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists

For over three decades, PROMYS has been synonymous with deep exploratory mathematical learning for talented high school students and secondary teachers.

PROMYS Family of Programs at Boston University

PROMYS for Students

A six-week summer program in mathematics for strongly motivated high school students from across the U.S. and around the world.

PROMYS for Counselors

Each summer, we hire approximately 25 college undergraduate math majors to mentor students in the PROMYS high school program.

PROMYS for Teachers

A 6-week summer program and 5 academic-year workshops engage secondary school teachers in intensive mathematical problem solving.

PROMYS Math Circle

Weekly extracurricular math circles for approximately 100 students across a number of Massachusetts high schools.

Our Guiding Principles

Exploration and Discovery

PROMYS participants are presented with fundamental mathematical problems for which they have to persevere and be creative to find solutions. We provide tools for mathematical exploration, not solutions. At PROMYS, learners are mathematicians.

Habits of Mind

We focus on mathematical habits of mind that support independence and creativity in facing unfamiliar mathematical challenges. The skills and habits developed at PROMYS have great value no matter one’s career path.

Mathematical Community

At PROMYS, we believe that mathematics is a deeply human activity best experienced within a richly interacting and mutually supportive community of learners, including high school students, undergraduates and graduate students, secondary teachers, and research mathematicians.

No Financial Barriers to Participation

Generous need-based financial aid is available to students at PROMYS up to the full cost of participation. Professional development for teachers and math circles in high-needs school districts are both offered free of charge.

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