• Dalhousie University offers a Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics for a duration of 3 years.
  • It is an on-campus, thesis-based program offered on a full-time basis.
  • The statistics division offers programs leading to the degrees of MSc and PhD in the following areas: statistical inference, robust statistics, data mining, bioinformatics, data analysis, multivariate analysis, linear and nonlinear regression, time series analysis, statistical genetics, environmental statistics, and information theory.
  • Students get various computing facilities like the department operates a network of Sun servers, workstations, a Unix cluster, and PCs.
  • Students get the standard statistical and mathematical software such as Splus, SAS, BMDP, Minitab, NAG, IMSL, Matlab and Maple are available, as well as special-purpose applications software in a variety of areas.
  • Graduate student offices are all equipped with computers.
  • Students have to complete the comprehensive examination within 1 year of initial registration.
  • Enrolment in at least two full-credit classes, participation in statistics seminars, and preparation and defense of a research thesis is required.
  • University provides the flexibility to complete the program in 3 to 4 years.
  • The department provides a world-class education and students learn and can also work on fascinating research projects alongside the faculty members.
  • The average salary goes up to 54,000 USD after completion of the program.