Overview
Our main goal is to provide Theory and Methods of Empirical Modeling doctoral candidates at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich with a perspective on the methodical foundations of Statistics that goes far beyond a specialization in the life, social or economic sciences or the humanities and to institutionalize a scientific dialogue through interdisciplinary applications.
Features
- This is to ensure that, going forward, we can rely on a common academic foundation and language as well as a diversity of methods for the description and modeling of uncertainty in various applications.
Programme Structure
Research
- Analysis of Networkdata
- Description of unobserved heterogeneity and general uncertainty
- Computational aspects of statistical inference
- Development and evaluation of frequentist and bayesian regression models
- Supervised learning, classification and nonlinear regression
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Statistics View 5 other PhDs in Statistics in GermanyAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Academic record (high school, Bachelor and Master’s transcripts)
- Research interests All applicants have to indicate their specific research interests. Please select up to three research groups you are interested in. You can find details about research areas and participating research groups on our webpage.
- Two letters of recommendation
- To process your application, we need two letters of recommendation from scientists familiar with you and your previous work (e.g. Master or Bachelor advisor). You will be asked to provide email addresses of your referees, they will then be invited to submit a letter of recommendation on your behalf. You can monitor receipt of the letter within the online application tool; it is your responsibility to make sure that the referees submit their letters by the application deadline.
- Two brief essays
Tuition Fee
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International
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EU/EEA
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 EUR per year during 36 months.
- There are no tuition fees for doctoral studies, only a semester fee of 152,30 €.
Living costs for München
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Funding
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