MSc Statistics

The MSc in Statistics is a one-year taught programme run by the School of Mathematics and Statistics, which is well equipped with personal computers and laptops, a parallel computer and an on-site library.

Highlights

• • Provides students with a broader skill set for entry into the commercial analysis market.

• • Covers various theoretical and applied statistical areas at an advanced level.

• • Provides opportunities for students to put their statistical knowledge into practice.

• • Continual assessments and the dissertation enable students to apply their statistics knowledge.

• • Students are prepared such that they may go onto to pursue research in statistics.

Teaching format

The course consists of two semesters of taught courses followed by a dissertation undertaken over the summer months. The available statistics modules consist of a mixture of traditional lecture courses with end-of-semester exams and short intense courses with a large proportion of continuous assessment.

Further particulars regarding curriculum development.