MSc/PgDip in MEDICAL STATISTICS
University of Leicester, UK
Based within the Medical School at the University of Leicester, this well
established and successful one year full-time or two-three years part-time
course is intended mainly for students with a good honours degree of which
mathematics/statistics is the main subject, but applicants with other
backgrounds will be considered.
The orientation of the course is applied and vocational; while all necessary
theory is covered, the emphasis throughout is on applying and adapting it to
real-life circumstances. The analysis of real data sets plays a large part in the
course and the central role of statistical software, including SAS, Stata, R and
WinBUGS, is constantly emphasised. Excellent computing facilities are
available.
The course aims to produce graduates who can immediately work as medical
statisticians in pharmaceutical companies, research units and the NHS or
continue onto a PhD. Our graduates are very successful in gaining high
quality employment.
The course is taught in week-long blocks of study making it ideal for part-time
study, requiring around 6-7 weeks attendance per academic year in Leicester
over two years.
** STUDENTSHIPS **
We have funding available including
* EPSRC Masters Training Package grants
* Cancer Research UK Masters Course Bursaries
* Studentships funded by pharmaceutical companies (GSK and AstraZeneca)
The studentships vary from fees (UK/EU rates) to fees plus up to 13,000
pounds living allowance. Eligibility criteria apply.
For more details on the course content visit the course web site
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/health-sciences/postgraduate-study
The University of Leicester is one of the UK's largest and most respected
providers of postgraduate programmes. For a postgraduate prospectus visit
http://www.le.ac.uk/admissions/
Queries about admissions to the course in September 2009 should be
addressed to the admissions tutor,
Stephanie Hubbard
Department of Health Sciences
Adrian Building
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester, UK
LE1 6TP
Tel: +44 116 2297264
Fax: +44 116 2297250
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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