入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求： You should have or expect to gain an upper second class honours degree, or equivalent, which includes a substantial amount of statistics and mathematics. Well qualified applicants who do not meet this requirement will be considered on merit.
英语要求：IELTS 6.5 or internet-based TOEFL 100.
学费 Tuition Fee：2012/2013 £16,512
课程特征 Course Features：
This programme is based in the Department of Statistics. It provides high level training in statistics with applications in the social sciences, finance and econometrics. Students learn to analyse and critically interpret data, build statistical models of real situations, and use statistical software packages. Benefits of the programme include:
Study in a Department with an international reputation for teaching and research in statistics for the social sciences.
The opportunity to study related subjects taught by other departments in the School.
Excellent opportunities for employment and further study. Former students have taken up positions in consulting firms, banks and in the public sector. Many go on to take higher degrees.
Graduates of the MSc are awarded Graduate Statistician (GradStat) status by the Royal Statistical Society.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Compulsory courses
(* half unit)
•Statistical Inference: Principles, Methods and Computation
•Dissertation (research option only)
Options
Choose to the value of three (two units for research option) full units from:
•Multivariate Methods*
•Stochastic Processes*
•Generalised Linear Modelling and Survival Analysis*
•Research Design for Experimental and Observational Studies*
•Multilevel and Longitudinal Modelling*
•Nonlinear Dynamics and the Analysis of Real Time Series*
•Developments in Statistical Methods*
•Time Series*
•Advanced Probability Theory*
•Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis*
•Survey Methodology*
•Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies*
•Mathematical Programming: Theory and Algorithms*
•Population Analysis: Methods and Models*
One course unit can be taken from outside the Department with the permission of the programme director.