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Full time | University of Leicester | 1 year | SEP

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP

Key information
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Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Medical Statistics

Course Summary

This postgraduate degree will give you all the expertise you need to become a practising medical statistician. You will cover all relevant theory but with an emphasis on understanding, applying and adapting it to real-life circumstances. Your analysis skills will be developed on real medical data sets, using statistical software such as Stata, R, SAS and WinBUGS. An important factor in the success of a practising statistician is the ability to communicate with others. To develop these skills, you will work on two mini-projects and will be introduced to consultancy skills throughout the course. The mini-projects involve analysing data arising from real problems and data sets and presenting a report on the findings.

Modules

Survival analysis is concerned with data where we measure the time to an event. In medicine we are often interested in death, i.e. we want to keep people alive and make them live longer. We thus measure the time (from some suitable starting point) to death. The outcome of interest is the time to an event and we are unlikely to observe the event on all subjects.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£10,950

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£20,250

Entry requirements

The course is intended mainly for students with a good honours degree of which mathematics/statistics is the main subject, and with a working knowledge of basic probability and statistics. However, applicants with other suitable backgrounds will be considered by the course team.

University information

The University of Leicester, established in 1921, is celebrated for its pioneering research and inspiring teaching. Known for transformative discoveries like genetic fingerprinting and the identification of King Richard III, Leicester has earned a reputation for innovation and impact. Research excellence is at the heart of Leicester’s achievements, placing it among the UK’s top 30 universities for research quality, according to the...more