York's Statistics program provides students with the basic conceptual tools and the practical training to analyze data and explain it, skills that have applications in a multitude of areas. Use your degree to help combat climate change, help develop better medicines, or understand the nature of our universe.

Artificial intelligence is now part of everyday life. Take Siri: Apple used statistical modelling to develop a machine that mimics human qualities. Study Statistics to enter a fast-growing field where you apply numbers, equations and pattern recognition to answer society’s latest pressing need.

You’ll explore the nature of chance variation, uncertainty and inductive logic, while connecting theory to reality. Innovative courses will provide you with the tools to understand human activity through predicting patterns of behaviour in large groups, which in turn might allow you to develop groundbreaking technologies with a large-scale societal impact.

Through its applications in almost every branch of modern professional life and research, a statistics degree can lead to a variety of career opportunities. Join major consulting firms and government agencies or enter a career as an auditor, flight engineer, video game developer and beyond.