| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPhil | Full-time | 12 months | find out | find out | find out |
| MPhil | Part-time | 24 months | find out | find out | find out |
| PhD | Full-time | 36 months | find out | find out | find out |
| PhD | Part-time | 72 months | find out | find out | find out |
We have a strong international reputation for making original contributions to Bayesian methodology, bioinformatics and biostatistics. We invite postgraduate research proposals in any of these three areas.
As a research postgraduate in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics you will be supported by a team of experts in your chosen field. You will also have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skill set through appropriate research training.
To help you identify a topic and potential supervisor, we encourage you to find out more about our staff specialisms and read about the PhD projects undertaken by some of our recent postgraduate students. A list of example statistical projects currently offered is also available.
As a PhD student you will be supported by team supervision. You will also go through a research training analysis to identify any skills that you need to develop.
Attendance is flexible and agreed between you and your supervisors depending on the requirements of your research project.
Research areas
Our work breaks down into the following research groups:
Research funding
We undertake projects funded by the Research Councils, major trusts, government departments and the EU. Since 2008, members of the School have been named on over £16m of research awards. Many of these awards were for large interdisciplinary projects, in which the School played a vital role, including:
In total, £3.5m of funding was attributed to the School.
Data based on responses from 8 UK, EU and International postgraduate leavers (2011/12, 2012/13) studying in the School of Mathematics and Statistics. See more about what our graduates do.
Facilities
We are located in the Herschel building which has well-equipped seminar and meeting rooms. You will have access to online research facilities via your own desktop PC in a shared postgraduate work space. There is also a teaching cluster (of about 150 PCs) within the School. Computing support is provided by two specialist technical staff who are expert in providing assistance with fast numerical and distributed processing.
As well as the library resources provided by the main Robinson Library, you will have access to the School's mathematics and statistics library and reading room.
See our course fees and funding webpage - http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/degrees/statistics-mphil-phd/#fees&funding
A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in:
We also accept MMaths and MPhys degrees.
International Students
To study this course you need to meet our Band 2 English Language requirements:
Direct Entry : IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in all sub-skills)
If you have lower English Language scores, you may be accepted onto a pre-sessional English course.
Our typical English Language requirements are listed as IELTS scores but we also accept a wide range of English Language tests.
The equivalent academic qualifications that we accept are listed on our country pages.
Pre-sessional English Course Requirements
You can study a pre-sessional English course at our INTO Newcastle Centre.
You may need an ATAS (Academic Technology Approval Scheme) clearance certificate. You'll need to get this before you can get your visa or study on this programme. We'll let you know about the ATAS requirement in your offer letter.
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