MSc, Statistics

About University

The University of Warwick is a public research university located on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. It was established in 1965 as part of a government initiative to expand higher education. Over the years, the university has founded various schools including the Warwick Business School, Warwick Law School, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), and Warwick Medical School. In addition, Warwick incorporated Coventry College of Education in 1979 and Horticulture Research International in 2004. The university has a distinguished community of alumni and staff, including winners of prestigious awards such as the Nobel Prize, Turing Award, Fields Medal, Richard W. Hamming Medal, Emmy Award, Grammy, and Padma Vibhushan. Many of them are fellows of esteemed institutions such as the British Academy, the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society. The alumni also include heads of state, government officials, leaders in intergovernmental organizations, and a former chief economist at the Bank of England. Warwick's researchers have made significant contributions in various fields, such as the development of penicillin, music therapy, the Washington Consensus, computing standards, complexity theory, contract theory, and the International Political Economy.