Indian Statistical Institute: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #1272 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #302 of 5,830 | In Asia |
| #22 of 876 | In India |
| #3 of 42 | In West Bengal |
| #2 of 16 | In Kolkata |
| #152 of 3,658 | For Econometrics and Mathematical Economics |
| Top50% | For 116 other topics |
Quick Review
- Type
- Non-profit
- Funding
- Public-private
partnership - Highest Degree
- Doctorate
- Website
- www.isical.ac.in
- Languages
- English
- Acceptance rate
- 49%*
* Indian Statistical Institute is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.
We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.
Acceptance rate & Admissions
| Admissions Requirements | 12th year senior secondary/intermediate examination or recognized foreign equivalent |
|---|---|
| Academic Calendar | July - June |
Research profile
Indian Statistical Institute is a world-class research university with 21,304 scientific papers published and 383,569 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Computer Science, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Biology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Environmental Science, Statistics, and Quantum and Particle physics.
Indian Statistical Institute majors
by publication & citation count
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 157 | 795 |
| 1994 | 178 | 964 |
| 1995 | 182 | 1023 |
| 1996 | 244 | 1284 |
| 1997 | 259 | 1267 |
| 1998 | 259 | 1651 |
| 1999 | 287 | 1651 |
| 2000 | 277 | 1990 |
| 2001 | 322 | 2469 |
| 2002 | 469 | 3935 |
| 2003 | 452 | 4006 |
| 2004 | 379 | 4422 |
| 2005 | 473 | 5339 |
| 2006 | 482 | 6116 |
| 2007 | 551 | 7366 |
| 2008 | 479 | 7952 |
| 2009 | 576 | 8813 |
| 2010 | 551 | 10132 |
| 2011 | 657 | 11725 |
| 2012 | 859 | 13012 |
| 2013 | 864 | 13953 |
| 2014 | 859 | 15692 |
| 2015 | 900 | 16549 |
| 2016 | 828 | 16833 |
| 2017 | 895 | 17616 |
| 2018 | 940 | 19551 |
| 2019 | 919 | 21570 |
| 2020 | 982 | 25781 |
| 2021 | 1035 | 29328 |
| 2022 | 887 | 27129 |
| 2023 | 971 | 27787 |
| 2024 | 638 | 25055 |
| 2025 | 397 | 21413 |
Tuition
The tuition table for Indian Statistical Institute gives an overview of costs but prices are approximate and subject to change and don't include accommodation, textbooks, or living expenses. The costs of programs might differ significantly for local and international students. The only source of truth for current numbers is the university's official website.
| Program | Duration | Tuition Cost (INR) |
|---|---|---|
| B.Stat (Hons.) | 3 years | 120,000 |
| B.Math (Hons.) | 3 years | 120,000 |
| M.Stat | 2 years | 160,000 |
| M.Math | 2 years | 160,000 |
| MS (QE) | 2 years | 160,000 |
| MS (QMS) | 2 years | 160,000 |
| MS (LIS) | 2 years | 160,000 |
| MS (QMS) + M.Tech (CS) | 3 years | 240,000 |
| MS (QE) + M.Tech (CS) | 3 years | 240,000 |
| MS (LIS) + M.Tech (CS) | 3 years | 240,000 |
| Ph.D | Varies | 160,000 per year |
Indian Statistical Institute has financial aid programs and on-campus housing.
Programs and Degrees
The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by Indian Statistical Institute.
Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.
| Programs | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | No | No | No |
| Biology | No | No | No |
| Business | No | No | No |
| Chemistry | No | No | No |
| Computer Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Economics | No | Yes | Yes |
| Engineering | No | No | No |
| Environmental Science | No | No | No |
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | No | No | No |
| Mathematics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Medicine | No | No | No |
| Physics | No | Yes | Yes |
| Psychology | No | No | No |
| Bachelor's Degree | Mathematics, Statistics |
|---|---|
| Master's Degree | Computer Science, Economics, Information Sciences, Library Science, Mathematics, Operations Research, Statistics |
| Doctor of Philosophy | Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics |
Indian Statistical Institute alumni
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Subramanian Swamy
- Occupations
- authoreconomistpolitician
- Biography
-
Subramanian Swamy is an Indian politician, economist and statistician. Before joining politics, he was a professor of Mathematical Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is known for his Hindu nationalist views. Swamy was a member of the Planning Commission of India and was a Cabinet Minister in the Chandra Shekhar government. Between 1994 and 1996, Swamy was Chairman of the Commission on Labour Standards and International Trade under former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. Swamy was a long-time member of the Janata Party, serving as its president until 2013 when he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has written on foreign affairs of India dealing largely with China, Pakistan and Israel. He was nominated to Rajya Sabha on 26 April 2016 for a six-year term, ending on 24 April 2022.
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Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao
- Enrolled in Indian Statistical Institute
- Studied in 1940-1941
- Occupations
- mathematicianeconomiststatisticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
-
Prof. Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao FRS was an Indian-American mathematician and statistician. He was professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and research professor at the University at Buffalo. Rao was honoured by numerous colloquia, honorary degrees, and festschrifts and was awarded the US National Medal of Science in 2002. The American Statistical Association has described him as "a living legend" whose work has influenced not just statistics, but has had far reaching implications for fields as varied as economics, genetics, anthropology, geology, national planning, demography, biometry, and medicine." The Times of India listed Rao as one of the top 10 Indian scientists of all time.
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Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan
- Occupations
- university teachermathematicianstatistician
- Biography
-
Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan, FRS is an Indian American mathematician and statistician. He is known for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviations. He is regarded as one of the fundamental contributors to the theory of diffusion processes with an orientation towards the refinement and further development of Itô’s stochastic calculus. In the year 2007, he became the first Asian to win the Abel Prize.
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Neena Gupta
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
-
Neena Gupta is an Indian mathematician and professor at the Statistics and Mathematics Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata. She is known for solving Zariski Cancellation Problem, originally posed by Oscar Zariski in 1949. Her primary fields of interest are commutative algebra and affine algebraic geometry.
Indian Statistical Institute faculties and divisions
| Department/Division : Applied Statistics | Statistics |
|---|---|
| Department/Division : Biological Sciences | Agriculture, Biological and Life Sciences, Ecology, Genetics |
| Department/Division : Computer and Communication Sciences | Computer Engineering, Computer Networks, Telecommunications Engineering |
| Department/Division : Library, Documentation and Information Sciences | Documentation Techniques, Information Sciences, Library Science, Photography |
| Department/Division : Physics and Earth Sciences | Earth Sciences, Physics |
| Department/Division : Social Sciences | Linguistics, Psychology, Social Sciences, Sociology |
| Department/Division : Statistical Quality Control | Statistics |
| Department/Division : Teaching and Training | Teacher Training |
| Department/Division : Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics | Mathematics, Statistics |
General information
| Alternative names | ISI भारतीय सांख्यिकी संस्थान |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1931 |
| Accreditation | Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD); Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
| Motto | Unity in Diversity |
Location and contacts
| Address | 203 Barrackpore Trunk Road Kolkata, West Bengal, 700 108 India |
|---|---|
| City population | 4,497,000 |