Course details

Those holding the Higher Diploma are deemed to have reached the honours degree standard in Statistics; it is awarded at pass and honours levels. Those holding the Diploma with a First Class Honours or with Second Class Honours Grade 1 are deemed ready for higher postgraduate research work in Statistics or related fields.

Entry Requirements

The minimum requirement for entry to the Higher Diploma in Statistics is a primary degree in which Mathematics formed a substantial component. This includes degrees such as Mathematical Studies, Computer Science, or Education (with three years of Mathematics). Some prior exposure to Statistics is highly desirable. Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.

Minimum English language requirements:

  • IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
  • TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
  • TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
  • PTE (Pearson): 62

Module

Year1

  • STATISTICAL COMPUTING WITH R
  • DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS
  • LINEAR MODELS 1
  • PROBABILITY
  • DATA ANALYSIS
  • READING COURSE
  • APPLIED PROBABILITY
  • READING COURSE
  • READING COURSE
  • READING COURSE

Year 2

  • READING COURSE
  • LINEAR MODELS 2
  • CATEGORICAL DATA ANALYSIS
  • READING COURSE
  • READING COURSE
  • READING COURSE
  • RESEARCH PROJECT
  • READING COURSE
  • READING COURSE
  • STATISTICAL INFERENCE
  • READING COURSE
Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Maynooth University

This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.

Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.

  • In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
  • Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.  
  • Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
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