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Welcome to the Department of Statistics at UW–Madison

The Department of Statistics is a hub for statistics and data science research and education. Housed in the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences within the College of Letters & Science, we are proud to be considered one of the premier statistics departments in the nation and the home of some of the fastest-growing programs at UW–Madison.

We harness statistics and data science to tackle interdisciplinary challenges, and our renowned faculty and staff prepare the next generation of data-driven leaders for in-demand careers across a wide range of sectors.

Prospective Students

Our department offers four undergraduate programs.

Our undergraduate majors are the Statistics Major and the Data Science Major. We also offer a Statistics Certificate and a Data Science Certificate for students to pair with their undergraduate major(s).

Prospective graduate students can pursue any of our graduate programs, including:

Featured Statistics Stories

Statistics major Yalei Zhao wins prestigious undergraduate thesis award

Zhao's thesis project aims to improve the predictive models used by the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health's Body Donor Program.

‘On the cutting edge’: Statistical Consulting Group enhances diverse research projects across UW–Madison campus

The Consulting Group—comprised of Department of Statistics faculty, staff and graduate students—partners with researchers around the university to provide comprehensive statistical support and data expertise.

Statistics researchers thrive in pioneering semester-long research program on statistical genomics

Among the program’s organizers were two UW–Madison faculty members, Professor Cécile Ané of the Departments of Statistics and Botany and Professor Sebastien Roch of the Department of Mathematics.

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