The two-year master programme in Mathematics has been the department’s flagship teaching programme, since its inception in 1947. On an average, about 450 students secure admission to this programme every year across the North and the South Campuses. The course has been designed in a manner so that the students gain an in-depth knowledge of a broad range of topics and produce students with a good-firm background in both theoretical and applied mathematics. The curriculum of the programme has evolved continuously in tune with the changing contours of the discipline with recent advances.

For the students admitted during 2019-24, the programme comprised of 18 courses which were being taught over 4 semesters and in 2 years. In the first two semesters, the focus was on core courses. In the last two semesters, the students had the option to choose courses from a pool of choices. In total, the students had to do eight elective courses along with two open elective courses in the third and fourth semesters. From the Academic Session 2025-26, the students will be studying under Postgraduate Curriculum Framework (PGCF) based on NEP 2020.