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 programme comprises of 18 courses to be taught over 4 semesters and in 2 years. In the first two semesters, the focus is on core courses. In the last two semesters, the students have the option to choose courses from a pool of choices. In total, the students have to do eight elective courses along with two open elective courses in the third and fourth semesters. The curriculum of the programme has evolved continuously in tune with the changing contours of the discipline with recent advances.