The ICMI organisational outreach includes six permanent Study Groups, each focusing on a specific field of interest and study in mathematics education consistent with the aims of the Commission. The Study Groups currently affiliated to ICMI, with their year of affiliation, are:
- HPM: The International Study Group on the Relations between the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics (1976)
- ICTMA: The International Study Group for Mathematical Modelling and Applications (2003)
- IOWME: The International Organization of Women and Mathematics Education (1987)
- MCG: The International Group for Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness (2011)
- PME: The International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (1976)
- WFNMC: The World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions (1994)
