School of Mathematics and Statistics

There is a healthy tradition of study programs available in the Department of Statistics, beginning at the founding of UNSW. (For more information on this, refer to a brief history of the department.)
Taught undergraduate degrees and a range of Masters courses are available, some with scholorship support, designed to take advantage of the demands of the modern statistical workplace. Graduates with an UNSW degree in Statistics can be assured of a highly portable and valued skill set for their chosen profession. For further information and application details, follow the links below.

Undergraduate Course Descriptions - In your second year of undergraduate study, you are given options to attend more specialised courses in Statistics.
Honours Study - Capable students with good grades in their first three years of their degree will be offered the chance to study for the demanding honours year.
Graduate Diploma - A postgraduate degree for those with some background in Statistics wishing to broaden their knowledge and job-skills.
Master of Statistics - The longest running Masters course in Australia can be taken both full or part-time to fit your work or lifestyle needs.
Master of Financial Mathematics - The most comprehensive financial mathematics program in Australia.
Master of Biostatistics - A challenging program of biologically oriented study.
M.Sc. by Research - A masters program which provides a basic training in research, supported by one of our academic staff.
Masters/Honours projects - Possible projects available for study in the Masters/Honours program.
Ph.D. Program - The chance to study and research Statistical theory and methodology to a doctoral level in an exciting working environment.

Scholarships and Awards

Statistics Award

An annual award presented in February/March for the best perfomance by a student who has done well in third year statistics, and is proceeding to an honours year in statistics.

Vacation Scholarships

These scholarships are awarded annually, and provide support for current third year undergraduate mathematics and statistics students to experience research in areas of current interest. Applications for the 2005 scholarships are now invited - look here for more information.

A list of previous scholarship projects is given below.

Approximation of option prices in the constant elasticity of variance model. N. Pearce supervised by B. Goldys, 2004
Bayesian variable selection. I. Tukovic supervised by D. J. Nott, 2004
Bayesian model selection for capture-mark-recovery data. Y. V. Chan supervised by S. A. Sisson, 2004
Bhaskar Rao designs and the symmetric group S_4 and the non-abelian groups of order 16. G. Price supervised by Dr. D. Combe, 2004
Hierarchical Bayesian variable selection methods in microarray experiments. Z. Yu supervised by D. J. Nott, 2005
Likelihood inference without likelihoods. A. Cowling supervised by S. A. Sisson, 2005
Minimal entropy method for calibration of stochastic volatility models. Y. Chen supervised by B. Goldys, 2004