The Department of Mathematical Sciences was founded in 1968,under the name Department of Mathematics and offered then only a B.Sc. degree in Mathematics. In 1970 the M.Sc. in Computer Science was created and the department was renamed as the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. In 1986 a separate Department of Computer Engineering was established and the name Department of Mathematical Sciences was adopted.

 M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs in Mathematics were initiated in 1971 and 1988, respectively. There are over 200 undergraduate Mathematics majors, 50 M.Sc. and 20 Ph.D. students in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. In addition, the majority of Mathematics courses required for degrees in other departments at Sharif University of Technology are offered by this department.

 Undergraduates acquire basic knowledge of the principles of Mathematics as well as some understanding of computational and Applied Mathematics. The students may choose one of two orientations Pure or Applied Mathematics. The goal of the the undergraduate program is to train students capable of pursuing either professional careers or advanced graduate studies.

 M.Sc. of degrees may be pursued in both Pure and Applied Mathematics. An M.Sc. degree program in Computer Science was initiated in fall 1999. In the Ph.D. program, the students may work on any area of interest within the department such as: Algebra, Combinatorics and Graph Theory, Functional Analysis, Geometry, Logic, Number Theory, ODE and Dynamical Systems, PDE, Stochastic Analysis, and Numerical Analysis, Optimization, and Scientific Computing.