Career opportunities
This course will prepare students for a broad range of statistical careers, particularly in the financial, medical, pharmaceutical and industrial sectors of the economy, but also with local and national government agencies, as well as in other areas. It will also provide an excellent foundation for students wishing to pursue advanced postgraduate research in statistics.
Upon completion of this MSc, you will be a highly desired candidate. Not only is there a shortage of statisticians trained to postgraduate level in the UK, but The University of Manchester is the most targeted university by graduate employers*.
See below just some of the place our MSc Statistics graduates are employed:
- Hellenic Bank
- University of Bristol
- Simmondley Dental Practice
- App Annie
- Micro-Pensions Systems
And below you can find some of the roles that they do:
- Lecturer
- Biostatistician
- Data Analyst
- Project Manager
- Mathematics Teacher
Accrediting organisations
This degree programme is accredited by the Royal Statistical Society.
Accreditation by the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) provides reassurance that our MSc programme produces graduates with the technical skills and subject knowledge required of a statistician. This provides our graduates with a competitive edge in the job market and provides employers with an assurance of quality of our degree.