Southern University of Science and Technology is a young university aiming to become a first-class research university in the world. In recent years, the university has recruited many outstanding scholars. The Department of Mathematics currently has 39 full-time faculty members. All research professors have Ph.D. degrees and overseas work or study experiences. They have a wide range of research interests in pure mathematics, applied mathematics, financial mathematics, computational mathematics, and probability theory and statistics. In addition to the 23 research professors, there are 9 teaching professors. All faculty members are dedicated to high quality teaching, and the department is expected to grow quickly in coming years.
The graduates of the Bachelor Program in Statistics can pursue postgraduate studies in China and overseas. They can also find job opportunities in government agencies and a wide verity of companies including banks, securities investment companies, pharmaceutical companies, medical and scientific research institutions, insurance companies, advertising companies and other high-tech enterprises engaged in data analysis, market research or electronic commerce etc.
Objectives and Learning Outcomes
The objective for undergraduates majoring in statistics is to cultivate statistical talents who are interested in statistics, scientific research or data analysis. Moreover, statistics undergraduates should possess good professional ethics, solid theoretical basis of mathematics and statistics, superior abilities in computer programming and be good at statistical modeling and analysis of real data. Besides, they can do further research work related to statistics, engaging in data analysis, data mining, statistical investigation, statistical information management in enterprises and government departments. In the big data era, there are many opportunities and challenges for statistics. Graduates of this field will have strong statistical theoretical foundations and a wide range of knowledge to seize these opportunities and meet these challenges. Graduates in statistics who have strong statistical theoretical foundations and a wide range of knowledge will take the opportunities and meet the challenges.
Main Courses
The Bachelor Program in Statistics has the following foundation and core courses: Calculus I&II and Real Analysis, Linear Algebra A, Probability Theory, Ordinary Differential Equations A, Mathematical Statistics, Statistical Linear Models, Sample Surveys, Applied Stochastic Processes, Time Series Analysis, Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Statistical Computation and Software, Statistical Data Analysis with SAS.
Expected February, September 2025
Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
1088 Xueyuan Avenue,
Shenzhen,
Guangdong,
518055, China
Applicant should have got high school diploma or to be awarded with a high school diploma.
IETLS(6.0 or above)/TOFLE(75 or above)/Duolingo(95 or above score report (obtained within last 2 years) are required, waived for native English speakers.
Application deadlines are 31 Dec for Round 1; 28 Feb for Round 2; 10 May for Round 3.