Indian Statistical Institute: Statistics

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#1242 of 14,131 In the World
#322 of 5,830 In Asia
#20 of 876 In India
#3 of 42 In West Bengal
#2 of 16 In Kolkata
#119 of 3,103 For Econometrics and Mathematical Economics
Top50% For 107 other topics
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Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private
partnership
Highest Degree
Doctorate
Website
www.isical.ac.in
Languages
English
Acceptance rate
44%*

* 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 Requirements12th year senior secondary/intermediate examination or recognized foreign equivalent
Academic CalendarJuly - June

Research profile

Indian Statistical Institute is a world-class research university with 17,028 scientific papers published and 235,263 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Computer Science, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Biology, Environmental Science, Statistics, and Quantum and Particle physics.

Publications
17,028
Citations
235,263

Indian Statistical Institute majors

by publication & citation count

Computer Science
9,793 / 141,583
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
8,443 / 114,646
Engineering
7,499 / 91,401
Physics
7,353 / 91,034
Mathematics
7,198 / 98,773
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
6,283 / 102,917
Biology
6,149 / 87,141
Environmental Science
5,557 / 77,431
Statistics
5,462 / 76,842
Quantum and Particle physics
5,208 / 64,172
Philosophy
5,193 / 73,112
Chemistry
5,090 / 73,244
Machine Learning
3,828 / 68,323
Economics
3,357 / 47,757
Medicine
3,299 / 49,669
Psychology
3,188 / 61,214
Linguistics
3,163 / 53,376
Geography and Cartography
3,143 / 39,950
Genetics
2,987 / 45,308
Geology
2,932 / 40,709
Political Science
2,753 / 34,975
Business
2,730 / 29,293
Law
2,680 / 34,606
Computer Vision
2,558 / 42,705
Ecology
2,331 / 34,741
Sociology
2,311 / 32,140
Biochemistry
2,269 / 39,039
Materials Science
2,058 / 28,478
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics
2,028 / 31,685
Cognitive Science
2,018 / 46,659
Paleontology
1,858 / 24,999
Computer Networking
1,851 / 18,225
History
1,846 / 21,412
Archaeology
1,728 / 20,453
Optical Engineering
1,628 / 19,525
Electrical Engineering
1,575 / 17,121
Telecommunications
1,461 / 13,965
Demography
1,424 / 21,165
Organic Chemistry
1,397 / 20,641
Cyber Security
1,363 / 13,264

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1990 135 455
1991 141 554
1992 170 616
1993 140 621
1994 167 751
1995 175 719
1996 222 1002
1997 228 957
1998 229 1301
1999 196 1269
2000 251 1488
2001 299 1844
2002 317 2247
2003 368 2604
2004 320 2988
2005 364 3611
2006 405 4237
2007 430 5025
2008 451 5762
2009 509 6566
2010 434 7235
2011 601 8476
2012 686 9550
2013 753 10448
2014 721 11709
2015 811 12029
2016 755 12401
2017 790 13097
2018 791 13373
2019 855 15793
2020 862 18792
2021 1045 23753
2022 664 19567
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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

  1. Subramanian Swamy

    Subramanian Swamy
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1939-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    economistpoliticianauthor
    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 6 year term, ending on 24 April 2022.

  2. Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao

    Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1920-.. (age 103)
    Enrolled in Indian Statistical Institute
    Studied in 1940-1941
    Occupations
    mathematicianstatisticianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao,, commonly known as C. R. Rao, is an Indian-American mathematician and statistician. He is currently professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and Research Professor at the University at Buffalo. Rao has been 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. In 2023, Rao was awarded the International Prize in Statistics, an award often touted as the "statistics’ equivalent of the Nobel Prize". Rao is also a Senior Policy and Statistics advisor for the Indian Heart Association non-profit focused on raising South Asian cardiovascular disease awareness.

  3. Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan

    Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1940-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    mathematicianstatisticianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan, is an Indian American mathematician. 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.

  4. Neena Gupta

    Neena Gupta
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Occupations
    mathematician
    Biography

    Neena Gupta is a professor at the Statistics and Mathematics Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata. Her primary fields of interest are commutative algebra and affine algebraic geometry.

All 18 notable alumni

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

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