Graduate Programs

On behalf of the Department of Statistics & Probability (STT) at Michigan State University I welcome you as graduate director.

Statistics is the science of learning from data. With rapid breakthroughs in technology, data are generated at an unprecedented pace in every discipline. We are surely into an era of data explosion, which brings enormous opportunities for our profession, while presenting daunting challenges for statistical modeling and inference. STT is an energetic community of scholars. Our faculty are striving toward solving important theoretical and real-world problems of our time, while making our expertise available to serve the needs of our graduate students, and educate the next generation of statisticians.

Our graduate program aims to provide a strong, rigorous, and quality curriculum that prepares students to enter the professional workforce, either in industry, academia, or government and public service. The department has a long tradition of being theory-oriented, which guarantees a great deal of rigor in the training of our grad students. At the same time, we are making great efforts to broaden our scope. We now cover a variety of areas in modern statistics, in methodology, computation, and applications, while maintaining our high standards. We continue to be proud of the robust emphasis we pursue in probability theory and stochastic processes, as the only department in the country whose name reflects all of probability. Our students receive world-class level training in theory and methodology, and are highly sought after by leading industrial employers and high-ranking academic department throughout the US.

If you are considering a future career in the sciences of statistics and probability, or if you are a current student looking to fulfill requirements for your course study, I encourage you to look into our webpages which provides useful information about our M.S. and Ph.D. programs. If you have chosen or will choose our program, we hope it will equip you with powerful skills for a lifelong benefit to your career and intellectual growth. We think your study at MSU will leave you with the most cherishable memories in your life as a scholar.

The MSU Graduate School provides a public demographic description of our PhD program, along with information on percent of applicants admitted, degree completion, time to degree, and placement data. See: https://grad.msu.edu/apply/phddata.

Again, I am delighted to have the opportunity to welcome you to our program, and invite you to explore our campus, student activities, and research pursuits.

Yuehua Cui, Ph.D., Professor and Graduate Director

Contact Information

Director of Graduate Education
Department of Statistics
Michigan State University
C415 Wells Hall
East Lansing, MI 
48824-1027 

Phone: (517) 353-3233
Fax: (517) 432-1405
Email: stt.gradoffice@msu.edu