Apply the tools of modern statistics to inform data-driven decision-making and solve real-world problems.
Discover how statistics are used to:
- predict stock market fluctuations and insurance claims
- model the flow of diseases, internet traffic and mobile phone calls
- improve medical treatments
- assess drought conditions in local communities
- analyse population models for endangered species.
Learn to analyse and interpret complex data and transform it into meaningful insights.
Design statistical experiments and apply advanced data exploration and visualisation techniques.
Combine theory with practical experience to expand your critical thinking, enhance your analytical capabilities and grow your technical skills.
Summer vacation research projects provide practical experience and develop industry connections.
With experience, apply for accreditation as a graduate statistician from the Statistical Society of Australia.
Career possibilities
Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:
- Medical statistician
- Customer analyst
- Data scientist
- Environmental modeller
- Applied statistician
- Data and insights analyst
- Quantitative researcher
- Risk modeller
- Data analyst
- Biostatistician
Average annual salary range
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Average annual salary range
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Next steps after graduation
Statisticians and data analysts are in high demand across business, industry, research and government to forecast, analyse and solve a variety of complex issues.
When you graduate, you'll have the pick of a broad range of career possibilities in areas including:
- scientific organisations
- medical companies
- environmental consultancies
- defence
- agricultural agencies.
I chose the Bachelor of Science for its flexibility — it really felt like a degree I could tailor to my interests, instead of shaping myself around my degree!
I chose the Bachelor of Science for its flexibility — it really felt like a degree I could tailor to my interests, instead of shaping myself around my degree!
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How you'll learn
Your learning experiences are designed to best suit the learning outcomes of the courses you choose.
- Lectures
- Tutorials
- Work placements
- Overseas study
- Research experience
- Laboratory work
- Fieldwork
- Seminars
- Workshops
What you'll study
At UQ, subjects are called 'courses'. Here's a sample of the courses you could study:
- Multivariate Calculus and Ordinary Differential Equations
- Statistical Modelling & Analysis
- Problems and Applications in Modern Statistics
- Probability Models & Stochastic Processes
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