The Program faculty is deeply involved in consulting and collaborative research in a wide variety of fields, including industry, agriculture and in the basic and clinical medical sciences. These research activities along with the research of other quantitative UVM faculty offer students unique opportunities to apply their classroom training to "real world" problems. Qualified students with the goal of learning statistics to use in a specialized area of application are especially encouraged to take advantage of these cooperative arrangements. Program faculty have active statistics research efforts in areas such as bioinformatics, sequential analysis, three stage sampling, time series analysis, survival data analysis, discriminant analysis, bootstrap methods, categorical data analysis, measurement error models, and experimental design. Students seeking the traditional graduate degree in statistics (along with coursework in mathematics and computer science, if desired) have excellent opportunities to participate in the faculty's research. The Statistics Program has established an internship affiliation with the Vermont Department of Health. The internship program provides an excellent opportunity to interact with researchers from various disciplines on a variety of projects.

The following are required for admission to our graduate programs in statistics or biostatistics: A baccalaureate degree; Three semesters of calculus, through multivariable calculus; (UVM MATH 021, 022, and 121 or equivalent); A course in matrix methods (UVM MATH 124 or equivalent); At least one course in statistics (such as UVM STAT 211). Certainly more background, in terms of formal coursework in statistics and/or experience with data analysis, is highly desirable. GRE (Graduate Record Exam) - general test. It is possible to be admitted to our programs (but not to candidacy) if some of the course pre-requisites have not been satisfied. All prerequisites must be completed prior to receiving the MS degree. For international students taking the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), scores of at least 90 are required for admission and at least 100 for a Graduate Teaching Assistantship.