Course details

The PhD is a research degree which usually takes four years to complete. A student must write a thesis under the direction of a member of staff containing a significant amount of original Statistics. Potential students should look at the list of proposed research projects and the list of academic staff; the latter list includes links to pages that detail the areas of expertise of each staff member. Collaborations with outside parties have involved work in Chemistry, Medicine, Archaeology, Banking, Computer-Aided Design, and other areas.

Entry Requirements

The minimum entry requirement is a 2:1 Honours Degree in Statistics. A First Class degree is highly desirable. Before a student can be accepted into the programme, they must find a member of staff who is willing to act as their supervisor. For a PhD degree, a good MSc degree is often desirable.

Applicants must have a recognized primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.

Minimum English language requirements:

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

Module

  • GERMAN FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE
  • STATISTICAL INFERENCE (R)
  • APPLIED PROBABILITY (R)
  • TEACHING SKILLS IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE
  • TECHNICAL PRESENTATION SKILLS IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE
  • PRESENTATION AT A SUMMER SCHOOL/CONFERENCE IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE
  • ORAL PRESENTATION SKILLS IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE
  • FRENCH FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE
  • SEMINAR SERIES IN MATHEMATICS
  • TOPICS IN COMPLEX ANALYSIS
  • TOPICS IN ALGEBRA
  • ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY
  • PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN POSTGRADUATE TEACHING & LEARNING : TUTORS & DEMONSTRATORS
  • SMALL GROUP INTERACTIVE TEACHING SKILLS
  • CAREER AND RESEARCH ADVANCEMENT PORTFOLIO
  • SUMMER SCHOOL/CONFERENCE IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE
  • TOPICS IN REAL ANALYSIS
  • STATISTICAL COMPUTING WITH R (R)
  • RESEARCH PRACTICE AND INTEGRITY (OPEN TO STUDENTS WITHIN THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE & ENGINEERING ONLY)
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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