Overview

Mathematical Statistics MSc programme from University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg prepares students who are keen to learn further statistical techniques to deal with data and undertake independent statistical research under the guidance of academic staff.

The degree also offers students an opportunity to go on to do a PhD in mathematical statistics on completion.

Past students graduating from the MSc in Mathematical Statistics Programme have been highly successful in professional practice and a number have progressed to PhD studies in a number of statistics topics like Biostatistics, Reliability, Survival modelling, Statistical modelling, etc.

Career opportunities:

Statisticians
Data Scientists
Ecologists (environmental monitoring, water quality control, species management)
Image processing (computer vision, face detection, remote sensing)
Biostatistician (designing and analysing clinical trials and epidemiological studies)
Financial analysts (designing investment strategies and managing risks in finance)
Market researchers (conducting surveys and experiments etc.)
Econometricians (investigating the economy at all levels from businesses)
Epidemiologist (examine patterns in health and sickness)
Operations research and optimization
Bio-informatician (study DNA data)
Programmer (statistical computing is a highly sought-after skill)
Psychometrician (educational measurement or psychological measurement)
Statistical physicist (use of statistical mechanics to study thermodynamics)

Programme Structure

Course includes:

The MSc (Dissertation) requires a student to do research (Dissertation) totalling 180 credits.

The course duration is a minimum of one year for full-time students and two years for part-time students.
Students are required to register and submit a research proposal within three months. All MSc (dissertation) students are expected to start working on their research after registration, and are charged supervision fee in both years of registration for part-time students and full-time students.Once, registered a student is expected to consult lecturers in the school to

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-02-03 00:00:00

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More details

Offered throughout the year with multiple intakes.

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Johannesburg, South Africa

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A Bachelor of Science Honours in a related field with a minimum weighted average of 65%.
A supervisor from the School must be identified and approached prior to application.The school considers all applications to the programme, basing on availability of supervisors and minimum academic requirements. These include an Honours degree in Mathematical Statistics, with the Research component contributing at least 25% of the degree (assessed at University of the Witwatersrand equivalence).
The mark requirements are the same as for the MSc (CWRR), but with the additional requirement of a mark of at least 70% for the Statistics Research component of the Honours degree.In addition to the above, MSc applicants are required to include a 4-5 pages proposal of their proposed research.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

44310 ZAR / year

≈ 44310 ZAR / year
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Citizens or residents

44310 ZAR / year

≈ 44310 ZAR / year

Living costs

Johannesburg

South Africa

8434 - 12036 ZAR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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