Statistics
Entry requirements
Minimum 2:1 (or equivalent), ideally with a significant project component indicating aptitude for research in statistics.
Months of entry
October
Course content
The Statistics Group is housed in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, and in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (the last time statistics was assessed separately from mathematics) was lauded as one of the top 20 statistics research groups in the UK. Research interests include methodological development and applications of statistics in all areas, including medicine, ecology, energy, environment, social science, the behavioural sciences, traffic networks and archaeology.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply for one of the research projects listed on the School of Mathematics and Statistics’ PhD recruitment page. Projects in Statistics are likely to focus on the following themes:
- Bayesian statistics
- Distributionology
- Medical statistics
- Multivariate statistics.
Potential supervisors
- Dr Fadlalla Elfadaly
- Dr Alvaro Faria
- Professor Paul Garthwaite
- Professor Chris Jones
- Dr Catriona Queen
- Dr Nickolay Trendafilov
- Dr Karen Vines
- Dr Heather Whitaker
Department specialisms
- Bayesian statistics - Distributionology - Medical statistics - Multivariate statistics.
Fees and funding
Please see The Open University website
Qualification and course duration
PhD
MPhil
Course contact details
- Name
- Research Director, School of Mathematics and Statistics
- mct-maths-stats-res-dir@open.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)1908 655552