CMI-Maths-BSc

Exam Announced? NO

Programs offered: 3 Years BSc (Mathematics & Computer Science) & BSc (Mathematics & Physics)

Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), a University under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956, is recognized both within the country and abroad as one of the important centres in India for research and teaching in mathematical sciences. Founded in 1989 as part of the SPIC (Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation) Science Foundation, it has been an autonomous institute since 1996. The research groups in Mathematics and Computer Science at CMI are among the best known in the country.

The Institute receives substantial support for its activities from the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), through the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM). In the past, the Institute has also received major grants from the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

Mode of admission:  CMI admits approx. 30-40 students to its B.Sc. programmes every year Admissions are through the CMI Entrance Test. 

Direct admission through Olympiads: Students with exceptionally good performance in the National Olympiads in Mathematics and Physics conducted by HBSCE and the Indian Computing Olympiad conducted by IARCS are exempted from writing the BSc entrance examination.

Typically, the following categories of students qualify for direct admission:

a) Students who have qualified for the International Mathematical Olympiad Training Camp (IMOTC) or European Girls Mathematical Olympiad Training Camp (EGMOOTC) in Class 11 or Class 12.

b) Students who have qualified for the Orientation Cum Selection Camp (OCSC) in Physics in Class 11 or Class 12.

c) Students who have qualified for the International Olympiad in Informatics Training Camp (IOITC), or have received a gold or silver medal at the Indian National Olympiad in Informatics (INOI) in Class 11 or Class 12.

Teaching by distinguished faculty: The teaching programmes at CMI are run in cooperation with the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai. The courses are taught by the faculty of CMI and IMSc, Chennai, as well as distinguished visiting scientists from other academic institutions such as the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), IGCAR, Kalpakkam, IIT Madras, Chennai, the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune and the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris.

Exchange programmes

a) Chennai Mathematical Institute has a formal agreement with the ´Ecole Normale Sup´erieure in Paris, France, one of the leading institutions in the world for teaching and research in Mathematics, for regular exchanges of visits by faculty and students.

b) The Institute has also had a formal agreement with the ´Ecole Normale Sup´erieure Paris-Saclay in Saclay, France, for exchange of B.Sc. and M.Sc. students and for a joint Ph.D. programme.

c) CMI is a partner institution in the Future Research Talent Awards programme of the Australia National University (ANU) in Canberra that provides research internships for B.Sc. and M.Sc. students from CMI at ANU.

d) Since 2017, CMI has hosted the international joint research laboratory IRL ReLaX under CNRS, the French National Centre for Scientific Research. ReLaX provides opportunities for exchanges of students and faculty with French partners in computer science and mathematics.

e) For several years, CMI was a partner in the Erasmus Mundus Master Programme ALGANT (ALgebra Geometry And Number Theory), funded by the European Union. The ALGANT programme allows students to pursue Masters and Doctorate degrees across the institutions participating in the programme.

Scholarships: 30 to 35 scholarships will be available, consisting of a full waiver of the tuition fees for 3 years.

In addition, a limited number of fellowships will be available, with a monthly stipend of Rs. 5,000. After first year,, the eligibility of a student to receive stipend will depend on satisfactory academic performance.

Fee
Tuition Fee: Rs.125,000/- per semester (2 semesters per year)
Other charges: Rs.4,000, Rs.23,310 Rs.4,000 towards hostel fees, mess and establishment charges respectively

Reservations: Available for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Classes Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL), Physically Challenged (PC) and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) categories (referred collectively as reserved categories in this document) as per the policy of the Government of India (GoI).

Placements: Students from CMI have gone on to pursue further studies at the best academic institutions in India and abroad. These include Berkeley, Caltech, Chicago, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Penn, Princeton, Stanford and Yale in USA, ENS-Paris, Univ Paris-Sud and Univ Bordeaux in France, the Max Planck Institutes and Humboldt University in Germany and IITs, IISc, IMSc, ISI and TIFR in India.

Several CMI alumni are now faculty members at leading academic institutions in India, including IISc, IISERs, IITs, IMSc, ISI, IIITs and TIFR, not to mention CMI itself.

Students from CMI are also much sought after by industry across a variety of sectors, including software development, semiconductors, investment banking, analytics and healthcare.

CMI’s campus placement programme has an excellent track record. Typically, all students seeking jobs through campus placement are placed, with average pay packages exceeding Rs 20 lakh per year in 2023. More details are available at https://www.cmi.ac.in/~placement/.

Several CMI alumni have also founded startups in India and abroad.

Conducted by: Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI)

Conducting organization type: Deemed University

Additional info: The exam is popular across South