Welcome from Professor Kostas Kardaras, Deputy Head for Research and Professor Wicher Bergsma, Deputy Head for Teaching.
Statistics is an application-oriented mathematical science concerned with the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. It provides us with the necessary tools to reduce uncertainty in modern society. It is a powerful tool for testing hypotheses about social and natural phenomena, for analyzing relationships among variables, studying trends, planning and decision making. Statistics is applicable to a wide variety of disciplines, including natural sciences, social sciences, economics, finance and insurance.
The Department of Statistics at LSE has an excellent international reputation and has been the academic home for a host of distinguished statisticians. Currently the Department has four research groups: Data Science; Probability in Finance and Insurance, Social Statistics and Time Series and Statistical Learning.
Our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes will equip you with the necessary qualifications and computational proficiency to target any career that requires quantitative skills. The Department and the Careers Service in the School provide excellent opportunities to discover job opportunities and target career streams. Graduates from our programmes typically find employment in business, government agencies and in the insurance and financial sectors. A number of our graduates continue with us to gain a Masters or a PhD degree.
LSE is one of the finest institutions of its kind in the world and has a key position, geographically in terms of its location in central London and geo-politically in term of its national and international standing. Our success very much depends on your success and we look forward to getting to know you and supporting you in your endeavours. We would like to wish you all the best for your studies here and we hope that you will make the most of your time with us.
Feel free to approach us with your queries and concerns.