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School

University of Waterloo - Graduate Studies

Location

Waterloo, ON, Canada

School Type

Graduate School

School Size

Full-time Undergraduate: 20,800
Full-time Graduate: 3,400

Degree

Master

Honours

Co-op

Length

16 Month(s)

Entry Grade (%)*

78%

Prerequisites

Prerequisites Notes

A four-year honours bachelor degree with a significant statistics and/or actuarial science component is required. Note: graduates of other quantitative and mathematically oriented programs are also encouraged to apply; this includes, but is not restricted to, graduates of commerce, economics, engineering, finance, and any of the physical sciences. The department graduate committee will determine the suitability of each student's background for success in this program. Applicats are also required to have an overall 78% average from a Canadian university (or its equivalent).

Cost

International:

$30,784

Cost is an approximation for the entire program.

Scholarships

Description

Learn to develop and apply statistical methods to solve problems arising in health, biology and the environment.

When you graduate you will have opportunities for employment in pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, regional or national centres for health research, academic centres, and public health agencies.

The program gives you the flexibility to pursue a research paper, thesis, or co-op option, which you can switch into after the first term.

Research areas include, analysis of life history data, causal inference, clustered data, design and analysis of clinical trials, epidemiological studies, longitudinal data analysis, methods for dealing with incomplete data and measurement error, and studies of biological systems.

Next Steps

*We make every attempt to provide accurate information on prerequisites, programs, and tuition. However, this information is subject to change without notice and we highly recommend that you contact the school to confirm important information before applying.

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