Chennai Mathematical Institute

Internships

Important dates

The deadline for applying for internships for the summer of 2010 is February 15, 2010.
Selected students will be notified by mid-March, 2010.

Chennai Mathematical Institute accepts undergraduate and graduate students as interns. Details about the programmes available and the application procedure in Mathematics and Computer Science are given below.

Travel, accommodation and scholarships

Students will normally be eligible to claim return train fare by Sleeper Class.
CMI will make arrangements to provide accommodation to students, usually in the hostel on campus.
Students will be paid a fellowship. They will be expected to pay for their food in the hostel from this fellowship.

Mathematics

CMI offers visiting students' programme to orient motivated students pursue further studies in Mathematics. The programme is held in the CMI campus in the months of May, June and July. The actual dates will be specified before March every year. The students are expected to stay throughout the duration of the programme.

Eligibility

Good students of BSc (Mathematics), MSc (Mathematics), PhD (Mathematics), BTech or any other degree with sufficient Mathematical background.

How to Apply

Send an email to summath@cmi.ac.in with the following details
1. Name
2. Programme and current year (e.g., BSc Mathematics, 2nd year)
3. College/university/institution
4. Brief summary of academic record (list of relevant courses and grades)
5. Preferred topic for project work
6. Preferred faculty member at CMI to work with
7. Preferred dates for internship
8. Referee(s) at your parent institution (at least one) with the following details
  
  Name, designation, affiliation, email address, phone number
  
  Please be sure to inform your referee(s) to expect a request from CMI for a reference!
9. Any other details, you may wish to specify

Computer Science

Internships in Computer Science should be for at least one month and could be as long as a semester.

Eligibility

Students should have a background in programming, and preferrably some exposure to algorithms and/or automata theory. Typically, CMI does not offer internships to students before the end of their second year of college/university.

How to Apply

Send an email to csinternships@cmi.ac.in with the following details
1. Name
2. Programme and current year (e.g., B.Tech Computer Science, 3rd year)
3. College/university/institution
4. Brief summary of academic record (list of relevant courses and grades)
5. Preferred topic for project work
6. Preferred faculty member at CMI to work with
7. Preferred dates for internship
8. Referee(s) at your parent institution (at least one) with the following details
  
  Name, designation, affiliation, email address, phone number
  
  Please be sure to inform your referee(s) to expect a request from CMI for a reference!
9. Any other details, you may wish to specify