Specific objectives:
The Master's Degree in Statistical Sciences, consistent with the requirements of the class educational objectives and with the indications coming from the surveys on the employment market of graduates in statistical disciplines (such as, for example, the AlmaLaurea interuniversity initiative), aims at training graduates who, with a solid background in mathematics, probability and statistics, are able to operate in various fields of application with autonomy and responsibility and to enter the labor market as qualified experts, able to produce, manage and analyze diversified information flows.
The Degree Course provides the tools to obtain a solid statistical methodological preparation together with tools which are typical of specific application contexts. The frontal teaching activity is characterized by the strong integration between theoretical lessons and exercises and laboratories, and is addressed to the formation of two strongly defined professional figures: the first one with respect to statistical methods for biostatistics, and the second one to quantitative methods of risk management.
In addition, the agreement with the University of Minho (Portugal) was activated for the attainment of a double degree.
The educational programme, is characterized by:
- the presence of a package of common advanced courses of mathematical, probabilistic and statistical subjects, providing students the deepening and acquisition of useful knowledge for the subsequent methodological and applicative expansions of the statistics;
- a high degree of personalization of the Study Plan (about 40 credits) by the student, to whom two specializations regarding the biostatistics field and the financial field are strongly recommended;
- attention to teaching methodologies, where a solid theoretical training, based on lectures, is integrated with laboratories, in which cases and real problems will be discussed and issues of applicative relevance in which the Statistics is an indispensable tool of analysis will be investigated. In this way, the course facilitates the development of an adequate critical capacity in students who, starting from a solid methodological basis, leads them to maintain constant attention also to the process of data formation - in the conceptual aspects of definition and measurement - and a critical use of theories and methods, in relation to the nature and meaning of the available data, transforming them into information and therefore into knowledge that can be used for decision-making purposes. Laboratory activities must also contribute to developing communication skills, through the preparation and presentation of written and/or oral reports; a particular attention to linguistic ability, in two directions: a) deepening of English for specific purposes (ESP), with a specialized approach compared to the generalist one of the first level; b) deepening of the spoken language with the introduction of a period (one week) of lessons, per semester, carried out in English, during which the teacher encourages students to dialogue in English on the topics illustrated; In addition, some of the elective subject, chosen within other courses of the University, are entirely carried out in English. In addition, there is the possibility of spending a period of internship in companies or private and public organizations (3 credits), and the possibility of allocating up to 3 credits to activities (other useful knowledge for entering the labour market) in which a real statistical consultation is "mimed", under the supervision of the teachers of the Course. The objective is to provide students with the advanced knowledge and skills, including soft as well as professional ones, for conducting a statistical consultancy. This experience is not only a useful showcase for companies, but also an added value for graduates who face the labour market, because they have had the opportunity to directly experience their relational and professional skills with future clients/users;
- the possibility, from year to year, to provide for small measures, such as inclusion of courses or profiles responsive to the labour market, favoring the employment opportunities of graduates;
- The possibility of obtaining the title of Mestre em Estati'stica, issued by the Universidade do Minho (Portugal), following the attendance, and passing the related examinations, of a teaching package held by the same structure.