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 think critically 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 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.
• Flexible study course offering the opportunity to study part-time.
• The Department of Mathematics is a leading centre of research, with 100 percent of research classed as world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2021).

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