The Department of Statistical Science at UCL offers a friendly and supportive atmosphere, where small-group teaching and personal attention are available for all students. When founded, it was the first university statistics department in the world; however, research and teaching have kept pace with modern concerns, including applications of statistics in science, medicine, industry, economics and finance. The department occupies recently refurbished accommodation with its own lecture theatre, common room, reading room and computer room.
- Degree Programmes
Click on the degree programmes below for more information.
- Data Science BSc (G303)
- Statistics BSc (G300)
- Statistics, Economics and Finance BSc (GLN0)
- Statistics, Economics and a Language BSc (GLR0)
- Statistical Science (International Programme) MSci (G305)
- Statistics and Management for Business BSc (GN32)
- Economics and Statistics BSc (Econ) (LG13)
For further information about specific course units in the current academic year, including reading lists, you may like to have a look at the current student handbook.
- Entry Procedure
Applications for admission should be made through UCAS. Our standard entry requirements are given in the online prospectus.
Your application should demonstrate high academic ability, particularly in Mathematics, an informed interest in all the components of your chosen degree programme, and good communication skills.
For questions on qualifications, please see the FAQs. If you cannot find the required information there, please email us at: stats.ug-admissions@ucl.ac.uk.
- The Statistical Science E. J. Gumbel Scholarship
The department has made available funds to provide up to seven individual E. J. Gumbel scholarships per year for students starting their degree programme in the academic year 2025/26. The award is £3,200 in three equal termly instalments per year of study and is tenable for the normal duration of the degree programme studied as long as the student continues to be registered as a full time student of the department.
- Studying Abroad Programme
The Department of Statistical Science's MSci Statistical Science (International Programme) is a four year degree where the third year is spent at a leading university institution abroad.
The International Programme aims at continuing advanced education in statistics, as well as providing experience of education in a different cultural and/or linguistic setting which will broaden the horizon of students and increase chances to find positions with special emphasis on international expertise. The year abroad will offer the opportunity to study a greater variety of theory and methods of statistics and related areas. The experience of spending a year abroad and being exposed to another cultural but also scientific community will intrinsically contribute to developing skills such as the ability to take different perspectives, awareness of different possible approaches to a problem, independence of mind and thought. Also, students will be exposed to a range of different teaching and assessment methods.
- Professional Accreditation
A number of our undergraduate programmes are accredited by the Royal Statistical Society for students enrolling up to September 2028.
The following undergraduate programmes are covered by the accreditation scheme: Data Science BSc; Statistics BSc; Statistics, Economics and Finance BSc; Statistics, Economics and a Language BSc; Economics and Statistics BSc (Econ); Statistical Science (International Programme) MSci; Mathematics and Statistical Science BSc/MSci. This means that these programmes have been assessed by the Royal Statistical Society as being of the appropriate breadth and depth to provide a foundation for a career as a professional statistician.
More details can be found at the Royal Statistical Society.
- Open Days & Applicant Days
- Department Applicant Days will run from January 2025, and applicants will be invited via email. We also take part in centrally-organised UCL Open Days. If you can't attend an open day but still want to see UCL, you can also book a campus tour.
- Events for Schools and School Students
Events run by the Department of Statistical Science
We host a mixture of online and in-person events for school students. They are hands-on and introduce students to aspects of statistics and data science that complement the national curriculum in mathematics.
- We regularly run placements as part of the in2STEM summer programme. If you are interested, please apply to in2scienceUK directly.
- Short hands-on sessions using probability and/or statistics can be delivered in schools in the London area as part of the London Mathematical Society's Holgate Lectures and Workshops scheme. Sessions can be adapted to any age group. If you would like to organise a session in your school, please contact Dr Elinor Jones to discuss.
Events run centrally by UCL
The Access and Widening Participation Office organise a lot of events for learners and teachers. Some of the most relevant are:
- The UCL/Sutton Trust Summer School for year 12 - we regularly deliver an in-person Statistics summer school as part of this programme
- UCL Horizons is an online maths attainment project for Year 10