Mathematics and Statistics
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics conducts research in pure mathematics and statistics. Research in statistics includes social and applied statistics, and medical statistics, while postgraduate statistics is particularly vibrant.
The department teaches undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in mathematics and statistics, and offers combined degrees in related disciplines.
A friendly community, the department has around 350 undergraduate students, 70 postgraduate students, 40 academics and 15 research staff.
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Free talks from Lancaster University statisticians
Experts from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics are to give free public talks as part of the 2013 International Year of Statistics. Read more
Fri 08 February 2013
International poster competition to get children into stats
A UK schools poster competition in statistics is being coordinated by academics from Lancaster University, as part of the International Statistics Literacy Project (ISLP). Read more
Tue 29 January 2013
Foetuses yawn in the womb, according to new research
We know that unborn babies hiccup, swallow and stretch in the womb but new observational research concludes that they also yawn. Read more
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Thu 22 November 2012