Department of Statistics

Te Kura Tatauranga offers a broad spectrum of statistics teaching and research. We are recognised internationally for our strength in statistics education research, and as the birthplace of the statistical computing programme R.

We are one of the largest Statistics departments in the country and offer a wide range of courses and areas for statistical research.

Haere mai | Welcome

Join us for the 2023 Ihaka Lecture Series, focused on bringing numbers to life.

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We offer a full range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, covering a broad spectrum of statistical subject areas.

Hōpara kowhiringa | Explore options

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Read about life as a student in the Department of Statistics and where our graduates end up.

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R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS.

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Our staff are engaged in a variety of internationally recognised and ground-breaking research ranging from statistical computing to statistics education.

Tūhuratia | Discover

Discover some of the exciting research happening in the Department of Statistics with our selection of interviews from early-career and up-and-coming academics.

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