根据数学基因工程(The Mathematics Genealogy Project, http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/)，项武忠至少有12名博士生，项武义至少有21名博士生。而且数学基因工程的资料通常不全。
项武忠的博士生
Douglas Anderson Yale University 1966 2
Ruth Charney Princeton University 1977 5
Michael Davis Princeton University 1975 5
F. Thomas Farrell Yale University 1967 7
Thomas Goodwillie Princeton University 1982 8
Ian Hambleton Yale University 1973 4
Bjørn Jahren Princeton University 1975 2
Lowell Jones Yale University 1970 3
Ayelet Lindenstrauss Princeton University 1992
Andrew Nicas Princeton University 1979
Robert Oliver Princeton University 1974 1
Elliott Stein Princeton University 1975
项武义的博士生
Christopher Allday University of California, Berkeley 1970
Helmer Aslaksen University of California, Berkeley 1988
Allen Back University of California, Berkeley 1977
Ted (Theodore) Chang University of California, Berkeley 1972 2
Dogan Donmez University of California, Berkeley 1983
Nicholas Ercolani University of California, Berkeley 1980 9
David Golber The University of Chicago 1969 1
Jesus Gonzalo University of California, Berkeley 1991
Claudio Gorodski University of California, Berkeley 1992 1
Edward Grove Brown University 1969 4
Hsueh-Ling Huynh University of California, Berkeley 1993
Bruce Kleiner University of California, Berkeley 1990 2
Seng-Hwang Lee University of California, Berkeley 1993
Renato Pedrosa University of California, Berkeley 1988
Tor Skjelbred University of California, Berkeley 1972
Ivan Sterling University of California, Berkeley 1985
Eldar Straume University of California, Berkeley 1978
Richard Sullivan The University of Chicago 1969
Nicholas Torre University of California, Berkeley 1989
McKenzie Wang Stanford University 1980 1
Paul Wolfson The University of Chicago 1973