Schools Offering Degrees in Statistics
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Carleton University
Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics:
M.Sc. in Biostatistics; B.Sc, M.Sc., Ph.D. in Mathematics with Statistics
concentration; M.Sc. in Information and Systems Science
Degree Emphasis: Biostatistics, Mathematics: mixed; Information and
Systems Science: applied
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 9 (out of 29 full-time faculty
in department)
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1996-97: Bachelor: 7, Master: 3,
Doctor: 2
Postdoctoral Fellowships Offered
Contact: R.B. Richter, Director, Ottawa-Carlton Institute of Mathematics
& Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, CANADA. Phone:
(613) 520-2152; Fax: (613) 520-3536; brichter@math.carlton.ca; www.math.carleton.ca.
NOTE: Although Carlton University and the University of Ottawa are
separate institutions with separate statistics programs, they administer
their graduate program through the joint Ottawa-Carlton Institute of
Mathematics and Statistics. The Institute offers M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs
in statistics and probability. Graduate students register at either
university, but take courses at both. Please see the listings for the
University of Ottawa and the Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Mathematics and
Statistics for more information.
Lakehead University
School of Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics: B.A.
(Honours) in Actuarial Science and Statistics; M.A., M.Sc. in Mathematical
Sciences
Degree Emphasis: applied
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 3 (out of 9 full-time faculty
in department)
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics: 1996-97: Bachelor: 3, Master: 2
Contact: L.K. Roy, Chair, Mathematics & Statistics, 955 Oliver Rd.
Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, CANADA. Phone: (807) 343-8469; Fax: (807)
343-8821; lana.rizzuto@lakeheadu.ca; www.lakeheadu.ca/~mathwww/
mathstat.html.
McMaster University
Graduate School, Department of Mathematics and Statistics: B.S.,
M.S. in Statistics; M.S. in Biostatistics; Ph.D. in Mathematics with
Statistics concentration
Degree Emphasis: mixed; Ph.D: theoretical
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 9 (out of 45 full-time faculty
in department)
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1994-95: Bachelor: 15; Master:
12; Doctor: 2
Postdoctoral Fellowships Offered
Contact: N. Balakrishnan, Coordinator for Statistics, McMaster
University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, CANADA. Phone: (905) 525-9140, ext.
23420; Fax: (905) 522-1676;
bala@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca.
"Students entering the program may specialize in either
statistical theory or applied statistics, and a sufficient variety of
courses will be available to cater to individual interests . . . . All
students will be expected to participate in the statistics seminars, in
addition to completing course work and a project or thesis. They will also
be expected to become familiar with the use of statistical packages on
microcomputers and mainframes."
Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Mathematics and Statistics
Joint Program with Carleton University and the University of Ottawa:
M.Sc. in Biostatistics; B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. in Mathematics with Statistics
concentraion; M.Sc. in Information and Systems Science
Degree Emphasis: mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 14 (out of 60 full-time faculty
in department)
Postdoctoral Fellowships Offered
Contact: R.B. Richter, Director, Ottawa-Carlton Institute of Mathematics
& Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, CANADA. Phone:
(613) 520-2152; Fax: (613) 520-3536;
brichter@math.carlton.ca;
www.math.carleton.ca or D. McDonald,
Professor, Mathematics & Statistics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
K1N 6N5, CANADA. Phone: (613) 562-5800 x3505; Fax: (613) 562-5776;
dmdsg@onid.mathstat.uottawa.ca;
www.science.uottawa.ca/~mathstat/.
NOTE: Please see the listings for the Carleton University and the
University of Ottawa for more information.
Queen's University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics and
Statistics: B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. in Statistics; M.Sc., Ph.D. in
Biostatistics
Degree Emphasis: applied
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 5 (out of 35 full-time faculty
in department)
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1995-96: Bachelor: 4, Master: 9,
Doctor: 1
Contact: Malcolm Griffin, Statistics Chair, Queen's University,
Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, CANADA. Phone: (613) 545-2438; Fax: (613) 545-2964
"The George L. Edgett Statistics Laboratory, the university
statistical consulting service, and its associated Statistical Resource
Centre are housed [in the department's building] and are staffed by faculty
and graduate students from the department . . . . Current areas of research
in statistics are: categorical data analysis, multivariate analysis,
nonlinear estimation, optimal design, probability and stochastic processes,
statistical inference, statistical modeling, and time
series."
University of Guelph
College of Physical and Engineering Sciences, Department of
Mathematics and Statistics: B.S., B.A., M.S., Ph.D. in Statistics
Degree Emphasis: mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 13 (out of 33 full-time faculty
in department)
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1992-93: Bachelor: 8, Master: 11
Contact: Radhey S. Singh, Professor, Mathematics & Statistics,
University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CANADA. Phone: (519) 824-4120
x3298; rsingh@msnet.mathstat.uoguelph.c
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University of Ottawa
*Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics:
M.Sc. in Biostatistics; B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. in Mathematics with Statistics
concentration, M.Sc. in Information and Systems Science
Degree Emphasis: mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 5 (out of 31 full-time faculty
in department)
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1996-97: Bachelor: 1, Master: 3
Postdoctoral Fellowships Offered
Contact: D. McDonald, Professor, Mathematics & Statistics,
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, CANADA. Phone: (613) 562-5800
x3505; Fax: (613) 562-5776;
dmdsg@onid.mathstat.uottawa.ca;
www.science.uottawa.ca/~mathstat/.
"Graduate Program is joint program with Carleton University.
The research interests of the faculty include: estimation theory,
experimental design, foundations of statistical inference, invariance
principles, multivariate analysis, probability in Banach spaces, sampling
theory, sequential analysis, statistical methods, stochastic processes."
Please see the listings for Carleton University and the Ottawa-Carleton
Institute of Mathematics and Statistics for more information.
University of Toronto
*Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Statistics: B.Sc.,
M.Sc., Ph.D. in Statistics; B.Sc. in Actuarial Sciences
Degree Emphasis: mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 17
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1996-97: Bachelor: 102, Master:
7, Doctor: 3
Postdoctoral Fellowships Offered
Contact: Keith Knight, Graduate Coordinator, Statistics, 100 St. George
St, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, CANADA. Phone (416) 978-5136; Fax: (416) 978-5133;
keith@utstat.utoronto.ca; www.utstat.utoronto.ca.
University of Waterloo
*Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Statistics and Actuarial
Sciences: B.Math, M.Math, Ph.D. in Statistics; B.Math in Mathematical
Science, Accounting, and Business; B.Math in Actuarial Sciences
Degree Emphasis: mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 21.5 (out of 27.5 full-time
faculty in department)
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1995-96: Bachelor: 33, Master:
10, Doctor: 11
Postdoctoral Fellowships Offered
Contact: C.G. Smal, Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Statistics
& Actuarial Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1,
CANADA. Phone: (519) 888-4567 x5500; Fax: (519) 885-1211 x5541; Fax: (519)
746-1875;
cgsmall@setosa.uwaterloo.ca.
University of Western Ontario
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Epidemiology and
Biostatistics: M.Sc., Ph.D. in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Degree Emphasis: applied
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 4.5 (out of 10 full-time
faculty in department)
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1996-97: Master: 1, Doctor: 3
Contact: Allan Donner, Professor & Chair, Epidemiology &
Biostatistics, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1 CANADA.
Phone: (519) 661-2162; Fax: (519) 661-3766;
donner@biostats.uwo.ca;
www.uwo.ca/epidem/index.html.
"The Department offers programs leading to the M.Sc. and
Ph.D. degrees. In both programs, students enter one of two areas of
concentration: epidemiology or biostatistics. The biostatistics
concentration is designed for those students wishing to apply statistics
and mathematics to problems in the health sciences."
*Faculty of Sciences, Department of Statistics and Actuarial
Sciences: B.A., B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. in Statistics; degrees offered in
Actuarial Sciences
Degree Emphasis: mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 13
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1995-96: Bachelor: 91, Master: 8
Contact: David R. Bellhouse, Chair, Statistics & Actuarial Sciences,
University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, CANADA. Phone: (519)
661-3607; Fax: (519) 661-3813;
bellhouse@stats.uwo.ca.
University of Windsor
Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Statistics:
M.Sc., Ph.D. in Statistics; B.A., B.Sc. Honours in Mathematics and
Statistics
Degree Emphasis: theoretical/mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 5 (out of 20 full-time faculty
in department)
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1996-97: Bachelor: 4, Master: 3,
Doctor: 1
Postdoctoral Fellowships Offered
Contact: D.S. Tracy, Professor, Mathematics & Statistics, University
of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, CANADA. Phone: (519) 252-4232 x3015; Fax:
(519) 973-7050; mthsta1@uwindsor.ca;
www.windsor.ca.
York University
Faculty of Arts, Department of Mathematics and Statistics: B.A.,
M.A., Ph.D. in Statistics
Degree Emphasis: mixed
Number of Full-time Statistical Faculty: 16
Number of Degrees Awarded in Statistics 1994-95: Bachelor: 25, Master: 3
Postdoctoral Fellowships Offered
Contact: Augustine Wong, Professor, Department of Mathematics &
Statistics, York University, 4700 Keele St, North York, ON M3J 1P3, CANADA.
Phone: (416) 736-2100 x 30154; Fax: (416) 736-5757; august@mathstat.yorku.ca.
"The graduate offerings include courses in probability and
stochastic processes, applied statistics, statistical methodology, and
statistical theory. The Graduate Program is closely associated with the
university's survey research centre, the Institute for Social research, and
its statistical Consulting Service . . . [S]tatistics is one of the 3
sections in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, the others being
Applied Mathematics and Pure Mathematics."
