Introduction

Statistics is the discipline of the collection, analysis, and interpretation of research data to obtain information and support decision-making. Statistics has been widely used in various fields, from research in biology, social sciences, and natural sciences to applications in accounting, finance, medicine, engineering, and government decision-making.

The programme provides students with a stream of concentration (Student may graduate with or without a stream): Financial Statistics

Statistics programme in SDS aims to cultivate high-level talents who are innovative, scientific and engineering, help students understand the wide application of statistics in various fields, broaden their knowledge structure, and cultivate their ability to solve various practical problems. Students of this programme can be widely exposed to and learn problems in various fields of business, engineering, natural science and social science, so that students can master the basic theory of statistics and acquire the method skills needed to analyze and solve practical problems.

Career Development

Graduates in Statistics can go to graduate school for further studies. They are also capable to work in the fields of finance, market research and quality inspection in government, banks, insurance companies, securities companies, consulting companies and enterprises, etc.

The School of Data Science has cultivated 458 undergraduate graduates majoring in Statistics since its establishment.

78.72% of the STA graduates who chose further studies were enrolled in the top 50 ranked universities in the world, including University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, The University of Chicago, Cornell University, Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, Duke University, University of Michigan, University of Oxford, University College London, The London School of Economics and Political Science, The University of Edinburgh, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, The University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The University of Sydney, University of Amsterdam, KU Leuven, University of Toronto, etc.

The STA graduates who chose employment worked in well-known enterprises and institutions, including Huawei, Tencent, SF Express, L 'Oreal, JD, Meituan, TCL, IFlyTek, PWC, EY, Ping An, Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Merchants Bank, China CITIC Bank, Industrial Bank, China Unicom, CGN, Shenzhen Public Schools, etc.