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GradStat

Since 2003, the School has had accreditation from the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) for its Undergraduate courses in statistics. This constitutes recognition by the RSS of the "breadth, depth, quality and foundation" of these courses as well as their statistical content. On payment of the appropriate membership fee, graduates of these courses are entitled to apply to the Society for the professional status of Graduate Statistician (GradStat) without the need for further examination, provided certain conditions are met:-

MMath Honours in Statistics; BSc/MA Honours in Statistics
Assuming that the University's regulations given in the current Course Catalogue are satisfied, GradStat status will be granted on application, if at least Second Class Honours has been achieved.

MMath Honours in Mathematics
GradStat status will be granted on submission of a transcript, provided
(i) at least Second Class Honours has been achieved; and
(ii) passes have been obtained in MT2004 and MT3606; and
(iii) a pass has been obtained in MT4606 or MT5701 or MT4531 or MT5831; and
(iv) a pass has been obtained in MT4607 or MT5753; and
(v) at least 30 further credits have been obtained from level 4 or level 5 statistics modules. (These may include the project MT5999 if it is in statistics, but may not include MT5752.)

BSc/MA Honours in Mathematics
BSc/MA Honours in Statistics and X

GradStat status will be granted on submission of a transcript, provided
(i) at least Second Class Honours has been achieved; and
(ii) passes have been obtained in MT2004 and MT3606; and
(iii) passes have been obtained in MT4606 and MT4607; and
(iv) passes have been obtained in at least two other level 4 statistics modules. (These may include the project MT4599 if it is in statistics.)

RSS Prize
Provided there is a candidate of appropriate calibre, the RSS also awards each year a prize (a year's free Graduate Statistician membership) to the best graduate in our Senior Honours class on one of the accredited courses. Winners of such prizes can indicate on their CVs that they are recipients of a Royal Statistical Society prize.

Student membership
Student membership of the RSS usually costs £12 a year, but is available free of charge to those on the final year of an accredited course. To obtain an application form, go to the RSS website at THIS LINK