Snapshots from past Statistics Department events – in the old building and the new – continue to highlight our Photo Gallery. Only three years after it was built, new Sequoia Hall was fantastically flooded after a heavy winter storm. The end of the south wing was under water one morning in February of 2001, and faculty, students, and staff all joined forces to stem the icy tide by bailing with wastebaskets!
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Education in the Statistics discipline acquaints students with the role played by probabilistic and statistical ideas and methods in the many fields of science, medicine, technology, and even the humanities.
We provide instruction in the theory and application of techniques that have been found to be commonly useful, and offer advanced training through interdisciplinary and graduate programs.
News & Announcements
2020 Statistics Department Diploma Ceremony
Statistics graduates and their family and friends are cordially invited to the department's Diploma Ceremony following the University's graduation exercises. Our ceremony is a joint affair with the...Inaugural SIAG/OPT Early Career Prize goes to John Duchi
John has been selected to receive the SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Early Career Prize for 2020, the first award of this new prize. Congratulations! The SIAM Activity Group on Optimization...Jacqueline Meulman receives Career Award for Lifetime Achievement
Jacqueline's unprecedented career of more than forty years has been recognized by the Psychometric Society with their Career Award for Lifetime Achievement. This prize honors and celebrates a single...MS student Colleen Dai on champion hacking team
For the third year in a row, Stanford's Applied Cyber team placed first at the Collegiate Penetrating Testing Competition at the Rochester Institute of Technology, beating out nine college hacking...Featured
Admissions Info
Statistics PhD and MS Application Deadlines
Graduate Admissions Application for Autumn 2020-2021 is closed
PhD: December 3, 2019 (Tuesday)
MS: December 3, 2019 (Tuesday)
Data Science: MS: December 3, 2019 (Tuesday)
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Industrial Affiliates
Our IA Program develops practical relationships between the department and the industrial community by creating opportunities for scientists, engineers, and researchers in local companies to meet with our graduate students in an informal setting. The program offers a variety of benefits, including the annual workshop and faculty visits to member organizations.
IA Members:
- Baidu Research
- BlackRock
- Citadel and Citadel Securities
- Stitch Fix
- Two Sigma Investments LLC
