The 2-year MSc. programme in Operations Research is for students with a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics or Statistics and interested in acquiring skills in engineering / interdisciplinary areas. The academic programme leading to the MSc degree involves foundation courses, advanced courses and project work. Candidates will have an opportunity to move into the PhD programme at the end of their 3rd semester, provided they meet all institute norms and departmental requirements.
| Duration: | Course work: | 2 years (4 semesters) |
| Curriculum Structure (2025 Batch onward; Full Time) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEMESTER 1 | |||||
| Code | Course Name | L | T | P | C |
| IE501 | Optimization Models | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| EC101 | Economics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| IE507 | Modeling and Computation Lab | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| IE509 | Computer Programming Lab | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| IE621 | Probability & Stochastic Processes I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Elective 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| TOTAL | 32 | ||||
| SEMESTER 2 | |||||
| Code | Course Name | L | T | P | C |
| IE614 | Linear Systems | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| IE616 | Decision Analysis & Game Theory | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| IE622 | Probability & Stochastic Processes II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| IE684 | IEOR Lab | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Elective 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Elective 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| TOTAL | 35 | ||||
| SEMESTER 3 | |||||
| Code | Course Name | L | T | P | C |
| IE609 | Mathematical Optimisation Techniques | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Elective 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Elective 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Elective 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| IE685 | MSc Project 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| TOTAL | 39 | ||||
| SEMESTER 4 | |||||
| Code | Course Name | L | T | P | C |
| Elective 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Elective 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| MSc Project 2 (NEW) | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | |
| TOTAL | 34 | ||||
Semester-wise Credits Distribution for MScPhD
| Semester | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Compulsory courses | 18 | 18 | 6 | - | 42 |
| Labs | 8 | 5 | - | - | 13 |
| Electives (Department/ Institute electives) | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 48 |
| Projects | 15 | 24 | 39 | ||
| Total | 32 | 35 | 39 | 36 | 142 |
Key Points:
- Of the minimum of 8 electives (48 credits) required, at least 1 Institute Elective (6 credits) and at least 4 IE labeled department electives to be taken.
- Students who wish to continue with PhD (for MScPhD dual degree) should apply for the same by the end of their 3rd semester, and satisfy the following requirements:
- Maintain a minimum CPI of 7.0 (without any backlogs) at the end of Semester 3 and all subsequent semesters to continue for Ph.D.
- Clear the Ph.D. Qualifiers and other PhD requirements.
- Additional learning courses may be prescribed by the RPC/Qualifier committee to the MSc students those who wish to continue for PhD.
- Students who plan to continue for PhD must sign up with a faculty supervisor, based on mutual consent.
- Visit the List of Courses to view the choice of electives and the course contents.
- General rules and regulations of the Programme can be found at the IITB academics page.