Why Lancaster?

Quality teaching in a thriving research environment

The Statistics group at Lancaster is one of the leading research groups in Statistics in the UK. This can be seen by our 6* rating in the 2001 RAE, and the evidence of quality publications since 2001. In particular we have had more RSS read papers and papers in the leading statistics journals than any other department in the UK. (Details)

We are also part of the Lancaster-Warwick node of the ESRC’s National Centre for Research Methods, with a focus on developing statistical models for developmental and social change, specifically related to criminology, psychology and sociology, but also encompassing methodological and computational issues.

Given staff expertise in statistical methods and its application in substantive fields, Lancaster University is ideally placed to provide a course in Quantitative Methods.

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State of the art teaching and learning facilities

The Postgraduate Statistics Centre is one of 74 nationally funded Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) and the UK's only centre that specialises in postgraduate statistics.

This has resulted in considerable investment in

• A new, state of the art learning environment for our postgraduate courses
• Researching and developing new approaches for teaching statistics.

Funding opportunities

The department awards a number of 1 + 3 ESRC studentships. These are for students who wish to gain an MSc in Quantitative Methods(1 year) followed by a PhD (3 years), applying quantitative methods in a substantive research area.

Please see our funding page for further details.

Overseas students not self or government-funded can obtain advice on possible sources of funding from the Student Support pages.

Careers

Each year, the department runs a programme of careers talks given by professional statisticians from a range of different employers. These talks provide an insight into possible career paths.

There are good career opportunities for Applied Statisticians in areas such as scientific research, criminology, economics, education and health research, management science, psychology and sociology.

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