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Postgraduate degree

Statistics MSc

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Our Statistics MSc enables graduates and professionals with a strong mathematical background to research, develop and apply modern statistical modelling techniques to a range of practical settings. The course will prepare you to critically think about real world data analysis problems arising in the public or private sector, for example in the financial, pharmaceutical or manufacturing sectors.

Key benefits

  • A rigorous approach to statistical modelling and data analysis, including both the theoretical underpinnings and state-of-the-art computational tools.
  • Acquiring the ability to design and evaluate data collection procedures and apply the most appropriate statistical methods to answer practical questions in a data-driven way.
  • Exposure to data analysis applications arising in a variety of practical contexts.
  • Lecturers on the course have extensive experience in a wide-range of statistical problems and applications, for example in the design of experiments in industry, financial modelling, geostatistics and biostatistics.

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Employability

There are a variety of careers in statistics for graduates. There are well established routes for statisticians such as the actuarial profession or in medical statistics within a pharmaceutical firm. Over the last decade new opportunities have arisen for careers in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for computational statisticians.

Graduates from the Department of Mathematics are highly sought after by investment banks, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and large technological companies, to mention just a few.

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Employability

There are a variety of careers in statistics for graduates. There are well established routes for statisticians such as the actuarial profession or in medical statistics within a pharmaceutical firm. Over the last decade new opportunities have arisen for careers in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for computational statisticians.

Graduates from the Department of Mathematics are highly sought after by investment banks, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and large technological companies, to mention just a few.

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