Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time
2-3 years part-time by distance learning
Develop the skills and knowledge a professional statistician needs to solve problems in a range of industries.
We ask for a 2:1 honours degree, or equivalent, with substantial mathematical and statistical components. In particular, you should have studied the following topics and performed well in assessments on them (for example, a score of at least 60 per cent).
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Our graduates have the specialist modelling and analysis skills employers need to interpret the complex datasets that underpin a variety of professions, from business, manufacturing and marketing to policy making, science and healthcare. Our graduates have been hired by employers such as Amazon, Barclays, Dell, Goldman Sachs, IBM, PwC, Sky, the NHS and the Civil Service.
You’ll cover advanced topics and gain extensive research training, which is also great preparation for a PhD. Sheffield mathematics graduates have secured postgraduate research positions at many of the world's top 100 universities.
Our Statistics MSc satisfies the eligibility criteria for the Royal Statistical Society’s Graduate Statistician award – a stepping-stone to full professional membership of the RSS and Chartered Statistician status.
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