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In June 2008, the division of Mathematical Statistics has 10 post graduate students, funded from LTH (Faculty of Engineering) and NF (Faculty of Science) or from external sources such as research grants from VR (The Swedish Research Council), SSF (Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research) or industry.

The general policy is that all our post graduate students take part in the undergraduate teaching. This has the positive effect that they become better trained as professional statisticians and it gives them a chance to qualify for a future academic career.

The nominal time for a fulltime student to complete her/his post graduate studies is four years -- five years including 20% teaching. Coursework is measured in credits, where 60 credits corresponds to one year of study. The course requirement for the doctor's degree is 120 credits, the remaining years being allotted to preparing a dissertation.

The course structures at the two faculties are described in the different post graduate study plans below. Courses in probability, stochastic processes and inference theory are given with regular intervals. In addition we give advanced courses on topics of current interest, and the students go through oral examinations on books and articles which they have read on their own. Our post graduate courses are regularly followed by students from other departments.

A dissertation may consist of the solution of some problems in theoretical probability or statistics, or in the development and use of methods for solving applied problems.

The nominal time for the licentiate degree is two years, including 60 credits coursework. The remaining time is spent on a thesis, which is similar, but less comprehensive, than a PhD thesis.

Post Graduate Study Plans

• LTH Allmänna studieplaner: Matematisk statistik (2007) (in Swedish)
• LTH Studieplan för forskarutbildningen i matematisk statistik (2001) (pdf-file in Swedish, obsolete).
• NF Studieplan för forskarutbildningen i matematisk statistik (2003) (pdf-file in Swedish).
• NF Studieplan för forskarutbildningen i biostatistik (äldre, 1997) (pdf-file in Swedish).

Director of studies

Ulla Holst

Admission of foreign students - PhD level

The department admits students to its PhD program irrespective of nationality. However, there is the basic rule that the admitted student should have guaranteed incomes/funds to cover living expenses during the studies.

In practice, almost all PhD students achieve this requirement by being appointed in one of the special positions for PhD studies. These positions are posted at our web page whenever there is an opening (there are no specific terms but typically, positions are announced at least twice a year). If you want to apply, keep informed on openings via the web page.

Even if in principle we are open to admitting students of all nationalities, it is crucial in order that your application should have a chance that we can properly evaluate your background and your talents. Diplomas from foreign universities are most often little informative in this respect - we do not know the contents of a given course or how to evaluate grades. You can help by including additional description of courses in terms of international textbook equivalents. Say `estimation theory at the level of Lehmann & Casella'). Also reference letters are crucial and whenever possible, these should include some from international scholars, not only local people.