The MSc in Information Theory, Coding and Cryptography was launched in 2004 and it is hosted by the Department. The programme is partly taught and partly by research. Students spend one academic year doing relevant courses covering three broad areas: Information theory, coding theory and cryptography. Courses offered currently are information theory, error correcting codes i and ii, cryptography i and ii, data compression, graph theoretic codes, and designs and graphs.

Briefly, information theory is a mathematical study of the coding of information in the form of sequences and how rapidly such information can be transmitted; Error correcting codes is concerned with the efficient transmission of information while cryptography uses mathematical techniques to store or transmit data in a particular form so that it is read and processed by only those for whom it is intended.