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School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics

School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics

Our School activities span pure mathematics, applied mathematics, financial mathematics and statistics. Our graduates are in demand across all industries ranging from finance to defence and security to the health care sector. Take your interest in maths and learn mathematical and statistical models to analyse and forecast results in economics, finance, medicine and industrial processes from internationally recognised and engaged academic staff.

Meet our researchers: Distinguished Professor Noel Cressie

Noel Cressie is Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, he is Director of the Centre for Environmental Informatics in the National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia (NIASRA), and he is Professor of Statistics in the School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics.

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Distinguished Professor Noel Cressie

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Institute for Mathematics & its Applications

The Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications (IMIA) carries out world-class research across a broad spectrum of areas in both pure and applied mathematics.

National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia

The National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia (NIASRA) is committed to developing and applying innovative statistical methods to important problems.

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Top 250

UOW ranked among the top 250 universities in the world for Mathematics.

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022

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Professor Robin Thompson, pictured on a video screen in a graduation gown and cap, speaks to the audience at the UOW graduation ceremony. Photo: Paul Jones

How Professor Robin Thompson’s childhood fuelled his lifelong interest in statistics

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Meet UOW’s first Annals mathematician in 137 years

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Professor Ray Chambers has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in honour of his nationally and internationally recognised contributions to the development of statistical methodology

Professor Ray Chambers elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences

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