Victoria,
BC,
Canada
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
MSc in Statistics in Victoria Canada | University of Victoria
University of Victoria
|
Victoria Canada
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Qualification
Masters Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
CAD
8,238
(c. USD5,912.79)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
24 months
This graduate program delves into advanced statistical concepts and research methodologies. You'll leverage the department's partnerships with institutions such as the Vancouver Island Health Authority while pursuing either a thesis or project-based degree path. Our faculty offers expertise across diverse specializations like bioinformatics, biostatistics, and statistical ecology.
Career Prospects
Earning an MSc in Statistics enables graduates to: pursue PhD programs in statistics
collect, process, and evaluate data to support organizational decisions, work with environmental, population, or health datasets, detect data patterns and correlations, develop data acquisition methodologies, present insights to relevant parties
The pervasive influence of advanced mathematics and statistics across all scientific and social science disciplines cannot be overstated. In our data-saturated world, statisticians uncover hidden connections and patterns that elude ordinary observation.
Increasingly, students are attracted to our field - whether for its inherent elegance or to complement studies in other areas. Regardless of motivation, UVic's Mathematics and Statistics programs provide both undergraduate and graduate students with a competitive advantage for any professional path.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
Students admitted to a master's program will normally have the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in Mathematics or Statistics with a grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.0 (B) in the work of the last two years. (In reality, the average GPA of students accepted over the past two years is closer to 7.5 than to 5.0.)
Most of the successful applicants have completed coursework equivalent to an Honours or Major degree at the University of Victoria, but candidates who have completed a combined program or a minor may also be accepted based on their overall application package.
English Language Proficiency Requirement: minimum IELTS 6.5 (no subscore below 6.0) / TOEFL minimum 90 (no section less than 20) or equivalent
Tuition
CAD
8,238