MSc in Statistics (Research)
Programme Code: TMSTRE
Department: Statistics
For students starting this programme of study in 2024/25
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of three full units and a dissertation.
Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.
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Paper 1 |
ST425 Statistical Inference: Principles, Methods and Computation (1.0) # | |
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ST499 Dissertation (1.0) | |
Papers 3 & 4 |
Courses to the value of 2.0 unit(s) from the following: | |
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ST411 Generalised Linear Modelling and Survival Analysis (0.5) # | |
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ST426 Applied Stochastic Processes (0.5) (not available 2024/25) | |
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ST433 Computational Methods in Finance and Insurance (0.5) # (withdrawn 2024/25) | |
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ST457 Graph Data Analytics and Representation Learning (0.5) # | |
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ST463 Stochastic Simulation, Training, and Calibration (0.5) # | |
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MY400 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design (0.5) | |
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MY457 Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (0.5) # | |
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MY461 Social Network Analysis (0.5) | |
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Other courses may be taken with permission, except for: ST429, ST436, ST440, MA415, MA416, MA420 and any courses indexed FM. | |
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Students can take up to a maximum of 1.0 unit from the following courses: ST443, ST444, ST445, ST446, ST449, ST455, ST456. |
Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options
* means available with permission
# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.
The total value of all non-ST courses should not exceed one unit.
This programme is externally accredited by the RSS. Further information is available on the
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the . Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the .