Department of Statistics

The major in Statistics was founded in 1990 and has made great developments. The Department currently has 9 professors, about 17 graduate students, and 230 undergraduate students. Balanced programs for students have been established so that they learn statistical theory, as well as practice analyzing data with various statistical computer packages. In order to support independent study, the Department provides two rooms exclusively for a Statistics Library and Computing Lab.
The Statistics Library is filled with numerous statistics and computer science books and relevant outstanding papers. The Computing Lab has computers with programs such as SAS, SPSS, S-PLUS, Minitab, MATLAB, and R. The Department has active research programs in statistical genetics, bio-informatics, Bayesian statistics, statistical computing, pattern recognition, and other topics.

Careers

Students may seek employment in a number of companies, including major conglomerates, statistical package development firms, life insurance companies, banks, research firms, and the civil service.

Contact Information

• Phone : +82-62-530-3440
• Homepage : http://stat.jnu.ac.kr