Application procedure

How to apply to do a PhD or MPhil in Statistics

The most direct way of applying is to complete a formal application form. Alternatively you may wish to contact a member of Statistics staff in the School of Mathematical Sciences to discuss potential research areas or projects first.

You can apply online  for the programme. If you prefer to submit a paper application, forms may be downloaded electronically from the Queen Mary Postgraduate Study pages. To request an application form or postgraduate prospectus, please contact the Postgraduate Administrator, either by e-mailing pgenquiries@maths.qmul.ac.uk or by writing to the address at the foot of this page. 

You will notice that the application form asks for a “500 word research proposal”. We realise that many applicants will not at this stage have anything in mind that is sufficiently well formed to count as a research proposal. In that case, we encourage you to use this section to tell us about your strengths and interests: which courses you did particularly well in, which particularly interested you, and what other background reading you may have done.

If you would like to discuss your application informally with us first, please contact the Statistics postgraduate admissions tutor, Dr Heiko Grossmann, at h.grossmann@qmul.ac.uk.

Completed paper application forms, together with supporting documentation (please refer to the cover of the application form), should be returned to the Admissions and Recruitment Office at the address given at the head of the form. If you apply after 1 January 2011, we strongly advise you to send an additional copy of your application form to the Postgraduate Administrator at the address given at the bottom of this page. We can then start processing your application without delay. Although we accept applications at any time, it is better to contact us early, preferably before the end of March, particularly if you are seeking funding. Note, however, that the situation with admissions can be quite fluid, so it may be worth contacting us even quite late in the academic year to see if there are any openings.

After receipt of your application, we make an initial assessment of your suitability for postgraduate research at Queen Mary. If we decide to pursue your application further, we will invite you to interview. If it is impractical to interview you in person, we will do so by telephone. If you are able to attend in person, we often like to incorporate the interview into a wider programme of activities, such as meeting members of Statistics staff and current Statistics research students, or even attending a Statistics study group or seminar. We consider ourselves to be a friendly School, and like to take the opportunity to demonstrate this in the most direct way!

Here is the contact address:

Administrative Officer (Postgraduate Studies and Research)
School of Mathematical Sciences
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS
UK