UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Statistics
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Statistics is...

  • sailing down the Clyde taking water samples,
  • attending an open heart operation,
  • flying in a helicopter to monitor levels of radioactivity,
  • advising on clinical trials to assess the effectiveness of drug treatments,
  • analysing brain scans

Believe it or not, staff and students of the Department of Statistics have been involved in all of these and more.

Who are we?

The Department in Glasgow forms one of the largest groups of academic statisticians in the UK and it has an excellent record in both teaching and research.

We offer a flexible catalogue of different programmes which provide opportunities for students to learn about the fundamental principles and methods of probability and statistics as well as develop the skills required to implement these methods in real contexts using statistical software packages.

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What can you get from us?

Students in Statistics gain experience of applying statistical methods to analyse and model data collected from research in a wide variety of disciplines and hence gain an appreciation of the importance of Statistics in those disciplines. Statisticians must be able to interpret the results of statistical analyses; to present those results orally and in written reports, and to work both independently, and as part of a team.

All statisticians also need to be able to use computers and software, including word-processing, spreadsheet and database packages as well as specialised statistical software and our degree courses provide training in these aspects.

Our teaching is done in lectures, tutorials, and data analysis laboratory classes but, an important part of our degrees involves students working on statistical projects, often as part of a team with scientists from other scientific subjects such as Geography, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Psychology, Biology, Environmental Sciences and many others.

Then what do you do?

Graduate employment is close to 100%, with our graduates being employed in many different sectors, particularly finance, medical research, the pharmaceutical industry and the Government Statistical Service.