Applications are invited for three PhD funding opportunities (one EPSRC studentship and two internally-funded Teaching Assistantships) to conduct research in a branch of probability or statistics based in the UCL Department of Statistical Science, commencing in September 2017.
The EPSRC studentship will be 4 years in duration and covers tuition fees at the UK/EU rate plus a stipend of 16,553 GBP per annum for eligible UK residents.
The Teaching Assistantships will be 3.5 years in duration and cover tuition fees at the UK/EU rate plus a stipend of 16,553 GBP per annum. The Teaching Assistants will spend 6 months of their time teaching (spread across the 3.5 years) and devote the remainder to undertaking their research.
The Department is among the three largest statistics groups in the UK with 30 academic members of staff including Professors Richard Chandler, Maria De Iorio, Petros Dellaportas, Serge Guillas, Sofia Olhede, Rumana Omar and Patrick Wolfe. The Department’s methodological research is organised into six areas: Biostatistics; Computational Statistics; Financial Risk, Insurance, Econometrics and Stochastic Finance; General Theory and Methodology; Multivariate and High Dimensional Data; Stochastic Modelling and Time Series. Research often cuts across these areas. Much of this work is interdisciplinary and involves collaborations within and outside UCL.
The requirement for admission to the MPhil/PhD in Statistical Science is a 1st class or high upper 2nd class Bachelor’s degree, or a Master’s degree with merit or distinction, in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline. Overseas qualifications of an equivalent standard are also acceptable. Further details can be found on the Departmental website. Applicants are expected to prepare an outline proposal of their work. This is crucial in identifying potential supervisors. Thus, candidates should peruse the research interests of staff before applying.
The EPSRC studentship may only be awarded to applicants liable to pay tuition fees at the UK/EU rate (i.e. it cannot be used to part-cover overseas tuition fees). International students may also apply for the Teaching Assistantships, but will need to source additional funding to meet the difference in cost between UK/EU and overseas tuition fees. The procedure for determining one’s tuition fee status is outlined on the UCL website.
Further information, including details of how to apply, is available at: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?owner=5041394&ownertype=fair&jcode=1638666.
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