The first ever admission to M.Sc. Statistics programme was in January 1994, under the umbrella of the Department of Mathematics. Within a few years the Statistics graduates from this university proved their statistical skills for their employers, as a consequence of which generally the students got early and good jobs in the market.

The Department of Statistics was formally commissioned in January 2001. There are at present 6 faculty members, though small in number but have wealth of teaching experience and ability to conduct independent research. The department is running M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. programs. Since 1996, more than 300 students have been conferred M.Sc. degree in Statistics. Presently, the department is being run by the Chairman, Professor Dr. Javid Shabir.