Doctor of Philososphy [Ph.D] [Statistics] From University of Pennsylvania

Academic Eligibility:

• Applicants should have completed a master’s degree, or its equivalent, from a recognized university.
• A strong undergraduate preparation in microeconomics and mathematics is an advantage, as is some prior training at the undergraduate or graduate level in accounting, finance, or economics.
• Proof of English proficiency may be required for international applicants, whose first language is not English.
• Students need to submit the result of the GMAT exam score, the minimum score should be 730 out of 800.
• Students must be qualified in IELTS or TOEFL to get admission in this program.

Indian Student Eligibility:

Indian students are eligible to apply if they meet one of the following eligibility criteria:

• Completed a 4-year UG degree with first class in a relevant field from a recognized institution.
• Completed a master’s degree with first-class in a relevant field from a recognized institution.

This program trains students for academic research careers. The foundation is a sequence of courses in probability, mathematical statistics, linear models and statistical computing. The program also encourages study in a cognate area of application. Major areas of departmental research include: analysis of observational studies; Bayesian inference, bioinformatics; computational biology; decision theory; game theory; genomics; high dimensional inference; information theory; machine learning; model selection; nonparametric function estimation; and time series analysis.