The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) (Hindi: गणित विज्ञान संस्थान, sometimes also referred to as Matscience) is a research centre located in Chennai, India. IMSc is a national institute for fundamental research in frontier disciplines of the mathematical and physical sciences: theoretical computer science, mathematics, and theoretical physics. It is funded mainly by the Department of Atomic Energy. The institute was founded by Alladi Ramakrishnan in 1962. Its motivation has been the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. It went through a phase of expansion in the 1980s when E. C. G. Sudarshan worked as the Director. The Director of the institute is R. Balasubramanian. The institute has a graduate research program to which a group of students are admitted each year to work towards a Ph.D. degree. IMSc hosts scientists at the post-doctoral level and supports a visiting scientist program. The Institute hosts national and international scientific meetings every year. Located in South Chennai, in the Adyar-Taramani area, the institute is on the Central Institutes of Technology (CIT) campus.