Master’s in Statistics

Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) established the second-level master program in Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics in 1984. It started to enroll undergraduate students in statistics as well as Ph.D. students in statistics (under the Applied Math Ph.D. program) in 2003 and then further established the professional master program in 2010. In 2011, BIT was among the first batch of universities that can grant the first-level doctorate degrees in statistics, forming a comprehensive talent education system consisting of both the undergraduate and (academic and professional) graduate programs. Notable alumni include Professor Bing Li from the Penn State University who is an elected fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) and Professor Kehai Yuan from the University of Notre Dame who is a famous expert in psychological statistics. Currently, there are 41 faculty members with diverse backgrounds and rich overseas academic experience. There are four disciplines: Mathematical Statistics, Experimental Design and Reliability Optimization, Statistical Analysis of Big Data, and Applied Probability Theory.