General Information

HISTORY

The Department of Statistics was founded in 1985 for graduate education, and in 1990 the undergraduate program was started. Statistical science contributes to the knowledge and methods for modeling random processes and testing the viability and use of these models. The Department offers B.S., M.S. (with and without thesis) and Ph.D. degrees in various fields of expertise in statistics such as Statistical Theory, Probability and Stochastic Processes, Applied Statistics. Operational Researchs, Risk Theory and Statistical Computing.

EDUCATION

The Department admits approximately 40 undergraduate students every year. Students must complete compulsory and elective courses that can be selected among many alternatives depending on interests.

Undergraduate students have to take at least 130 hours of course credit. First year students take Mathematics and Computer Programming courses along with introductory statistics classes. Second year student enroll in statistic courses with other courses such as differential equations and topology. Third and fourth year students are trained in statistics in various fields.

The Department offers Computer Programming classes each semester to the undergraduate students. First three year Computer Programming courses are compulsory and last two semester programming courses are elective. The graduates of the Department have obtained positions and responsibilities in many important statistical organizations in public and private sector institutions.

The Department offers graduate programs, which emphasize the balance between theory and applications, towards M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in statistics.

COMPUTING LABORATORIES

There are 3 Statistical computing laboratories in the Department, two for the students, and one for Faculty staff research. There is a developed substructure for practical improvement, numerical analysis, statistical computing and simulation studies in statistical laboratories where advanced microcomputers exist. There are electronic and scientific communication opportunities which after exposure to information centers all over the world.

TYPICAL FIELDS OF EMPLOYMENT

Statisticians can find employment in various state and private organizations in different levels of design and production processes . They are also employed in collection and analysis of data in laboratories and in social, public and economic activities, statisticians who have knowledge and experience on the working field are always preferred. In the respect, the Department shows keen attention to its degree programs.

RESEARCH

The Department has a potential of wide range of performance for both graduate and individual research. Applied research projects from several organizations are under current conduct. There have been many theoretical and applied scientific papers published by the Members of the Department in respectable journals and conference proceedings. Academic and scientific collaborations of the Department with a number of renown statistical departments all over the world enhances its research output power.