Overview

Within this Statistics programme PhD programme from Newcastle University you'll be supported by experts in your field, who'll act as your supervision team. Research training and development is also available to our postgraduates in this field.

To help you identify a topic and potential supervisor, take a look at our staff specialisms. You can also read about the PhD projects our postgraduate students have worked on. And a list of suggested statistical projects for postgraduate researchers is also available.

Key facts:

As a statistics PhD student you'll be supported by team supervision. You'll also go through a research training analysis to identify any skills that you need to develop.

Your attendance is flexible and will be agreed between you and your supervisors. This will depend on your research project requirements.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Bayesian methodology for complex models
Big data scalability and computation
Biostatistics and stochastic systems biology
Spatial and environmental statistics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-01-06 00:00:00

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Starting 2025-04-28 00:00:00

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Starting 2025-09-15 00:00:00

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More details

There is no application closing date for this course. We suggest international students apply at least two months before the course starts.

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Statistics Bioinformatics & Biostatistics View 34 other PhDs in Statistics in United Kingdom

Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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90

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Student insurance

Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:

Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in:

computing science

mathematics

physics

statistics

another strongly quantitative discipline

We also accept MMaths and MPhys degrees.

There is no application closing date for this course. We suggest international students apply at least two months before the course starts.

Tuition Fee

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International

22900 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 22900 GBP per year during 36 months.
National

4786 GBP/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4786 GBP per year during 36 months.

Living costs for Newcastle upon Tyne

560 - 991 GBP /month

Living costs

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

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Statistics.

Available Scholarships

You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

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