The progress of a student will be evaluated as follows:

• Continuous Assessment, carrying a weightage of atleast 30%, during the course of the semester. This consists of a mid-semester examination, and other forms of testing such as class tests, seminars, quiz or take-home assignments, at the discretion of the instructor.
• End-Semester Examination, carrying a weightage of at least 30%.
• The exact percentage assigned to each form of assessment, subject to the limits prescribed above, shall be left to the discretion of the instructor.

Each course is assigned a letter grade from the set {A, AB, B, BC, C, CD, D, F} based on the marks obtained in the continuous assessment and the end-semester examination. Grade F indicates that a student has failed the course. Each grade has a grade point attached to it: A(10), AB(9), B(8), BC(7), C(6), CD(5), D(4), F(0).

Each semester the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), which is the average of all the grade points obtained by the student from the first semester up to the current semester, will be computed. The CGPA will figure in the transcripts of the grade sheets printed for each student every semester.

While the grade certainly depends on the marks obtained by the student, there is no rigid formula connecting the marks and the grades. It is left to the discretion of the instructor to assign the grades, keeping in mind the general performance of the class as a whole and the performance of the student, in a manner which is fair.

• Currently a number of scholarships are available. The scholarship has two components: a tuition fee waiver (Rs. 1,00,000 per semester) for six semesters and a stipend (Rs 5,000 per month).
• Continuation of the stipend component after the first year will be based on the performance in the first year, and will be reviewed after every subsequent semester.
• In addition, tuition fee waivers are available, based on the financial background of the student.
• The top students in each batch of of BSc honours programme in Mathematics and Physics and the BSc honours programme in Mathematics and Computer Sciences, will be eligible for the award of a gold medal. To be eligible for the award of a gold medal, the student should never have failed a course. In addition the student should have a CGPA of 9.00 or above.

• Students can take up to four years to complete the programme. A student who completes the requirements midway through the fourth year may be given a provisional degree immediately, and receive the formal degree at the next convcation.
• To continue after the first year, a student should not have failed in more than two courses. (That is, a student who has failed three or more courses must leave the programme.)
• To continue after the second year, a student should have completed all the first year courses, and should not have more than four second year courses pending.
• To continue after the third year, a student should not have more than six courses pending.
• A student can repeat a course at most once. A student who fails the same course twice will be asked to leave the programme.
• For students who carry a backlog of three or more courses, registration will be regulated by a committee nominated by the faculty. This is to ensure that such students pursue a reasonable load.

The assessment pattern and grading policy are the same as stated for the undergraduate programme.

• Grading policy is similar to the undergraduate programme.
• The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) reflects the average grade per credit earned by the student, rounded off to two decimal places.

Scholarships, tuition waiver and awards

• A number of scholarships are available for MSc Mathematics and MSc Computer Science.
• The scholarship consists of a full waiver of tuition fees (Rs. 1,00,000 per semester) for four semesters. In addition a number of stipends (Rs 6,000 per month) are available.
• Continuation of the stipend after the first semester will be based on academic performance, and will be reviewed after every subsequent semester.
• The top student in each batch of MSc Mathematics, MSc Computer Science and MSc Data Science will be eligible for the award of a gold medal. To be eligible for the award a student should never have failed a course. The student should have a CGPA of 9.00 or above.

Failure and consequences

• Students can take up to three years to complete the programme. A student who completes the requirements midway through the third year maybe given a provisional degree immediately, and receive the formal degree at the next convocation.
• A student who fails in more than two courses in the first year of MSc will be asked to leave the programme.
• A student can repeat a course at most once. A student who fails the same course twice will be asked to leave the programme.
• At the end of the second year a student should have cleared all the first year MSc courses, and can have a backlog of at most four courses from the second year, in order to continue.
• A student not completing the programme in three years will be asked to leave without an MSc degree.

• All courses that a student registers for will be permanently recorded in the transcript, with the corresponding grade.
• An F in a core course will have to be made up by passing the same course in a later semester. When the course is passed, the original F remains in the grade card but is marked as being excluded from CGPA and not included in the CGPA calculation.
• An F in an elective course taken "For CGPA" remains permanently recorded as "For CGPA" in the grade card.
• Electives "Not for CGPA" will be recorded permanently in the grade card, with whatever grade is awarded (which could be F), but are not included in the CGPA calculation.
• F's are included when computing the CGPA. An F has 0 credits, so it just adds 1 course to the denominator in the CGPA calculation.
  For core courses, an F will be excluded from the CGPA calculation after the course is passed in a subsequent semester (see point 2).
  For electives, an F remains permanently as part of CGPA calculation. (In other words, you cannot "write off" an F in an elective from your CGPA by passing another course.)
  
• Scholarship/tuition waiver is withdrawn if CGPA is below 7.0/6.0, respectively. These thresholds are subject to periodic revision.