Department of Statistics

DEPARTMENT OF
STATISTICS
[DSt]

The Department of Statistics was established as the first Objective

teaching department under Manipal Academy of Higher With a long term objective to train, provide consultancy,
Education, Manipal on August 1, 2006. The department offers perform research and build up resources in statistics and
courses in Statistics/Applied Statistics/ Research research methodology, the department is focused to be a
Methodology to Graduate and Doctoral students within the leader in applied statistical sciences.
university and Executive Education Programme for corporate
biostatisticians. Collaboration with National/International
agencies and International Universities has enhanced its
strength. The department has state of the art computational
facility equipped with SPSS, STATA and SAS.

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Programmes
The department offers masters programme in Biostatistics (4
Semesters), Certificate course in Biostatistics, Epidemiology &
Research Methodology (6 months) and Doctoral Programs. The
department also offers various teaching programs related to
statistics, epidemiology & research methodology to
postgraduates and undergraduates of several health science
courses under the university. Department has collaborative
projects with national and international agencies. Students are
actively encouraged to become familiar with statistical
computing, prepare research protocols and reports and facing
the statistical problems.
Advantages
• M.Sc. Biostatistics program is recognized as one of the best
courses in Biostatistics, in India.
• Lectures by well experienced and dedicated faculty.
• Curriculum is based on the research needs and the need of
the employers to make them industry ready.
• Students get opportunity to interact with people working in
reputed Pharmaceutical companies.
• Students are exposed to statistical consultancy that helps
them to understand, analyze and interpret real data.
• Strong collaboration with industry and academic
organization.
• Helps students in getting industry placements for internship.
• Excellent placement record and alumni network
• The department is equipped with state of art computational
facility and in possession of packages namely SAS, STATA,
SYSTAT, SPSS, R, Epi Info, Review Manager and EndNote
• Helps students to attend workshops, conferences and
competitions as well as encourage them in extracurricular
activities.
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Research Excellence
In last eleven years, the department attracted funding of more
than `40 million independently and `100 million in association
with other departments from agencies like Indian Council of
Social Science Research (ICSSR), Baba Atomic Research
Centre (BARC), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR),
Department of Science and Technology (DST), Department of
Biotechnology (DBT), World Health Organization (WHO),
International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN), and
Department for International Development (DFID).
At present, the department has collaborative projects with
national and international agencies worth more than `60
lakhs. Currently there are 6 funded research projects, 9 faculty
members and 17 research scholars pursuing their PhD in the
department. The department faculty contributed in publishing
books and are members in editorial boards of various national
and internationals journals. The faculty and research scholars
of the department have published over 400 journal articles
and 4 books.
Research Excellence in Numbers
For the last 5 years (Jan 2013 - Aug 2017)
Journal & Publications 189
Books Published 03
Conference Presentations 58
Workshops/Seminars 149
Ongoing Research Projects 07
Student Projects 162
Ph.D. Completed 09
Collaborations & Partnerships
• The department trains the associates of Novartis Health
Care Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad. Five batches of associates from
Novartis have been trained since 2011.
• The department started Ph.D. programme in collaboration
with Pharmaceutical industries Novartis Health Care Pvt.
Ltd., Hyderabad and Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK)
Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Bangalore.
• The department has collaboration with various national and
international organizations like Indian Statistical Institute,
New Delhi; School of Population Health, University of
Melbourne, Australia; Robert Gordon University, Scotland;
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai (MDRF);
Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar (IIPH); Public
Health Foundation of India, New Delhi (PHFI); University of
Groningen, The Netherlands and Tata Institute of Social
Sciences (TISS), Mumbai.
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Placements
Placement assistance is provided for successful students in clinical research institutes, biomedical institutions and research centers,
pharmaceutical and many national and international research organizations. Our alumni work as Biostatistician/SAS
Programmer/Data Scientist in renowned industries and medical colleges.Given below are the organizations in which are alumni
are/were employed.

Highlights
• Our students bagged first prize in Census Data Dissemination Workshop organized by Directorate of Census Operations,
Karnataka in 2014.
• Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Bangalore awards medal with cash prize for the top two M.Sc. Biostatistics students
since 2014.

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Certificate Course in
Courses Offered Biostatistics, Epidemiology and
Research Methodology
Master of Science
Duration: 6 months.
M.Sc. (Biostatistics) Method of course delivery: Two contact programs of five days
The Department offers a two years postgraduate program in duration.
Biostatistics since 2007. The program helps students to
Eligibility
emerge as biostatisticians as required by government and all
private sector research and health care settings, where in they Qualification: Graduation / Internship / Postgraduation / PhD
can apply statistical principles, processes and analytical in Medicine / Nursing / Pharmaceutical Sciences / Dentistry/
methods to design, implement and analyze health related Paramedical / Allied Health Sciences / Life Sciences / Public
studies including both experimental (clinical trials) and Health / Healthcare.
observational (epidemiological) studies.
For more details, contact
Department of Statistics
Duration:
MAHE, Udupi, Karnataka, India - 576104
2 years (4 semesters) (Regular classes will be conducted for Email:
the first three semesters and the last semester is exclusively for
project/ internship in pharmaceutical industry or in reputed
national level research/academic organization.). Last date for receipt of application:
Batch 1 - 30.12.2018; Batch 2 - 30.06.2019
Eligibility
Commencement of Classes:
Qualification: Pass in BSc (Statistics / Mathematics /
Batch 1 - February 04, 2019; Batch 2 - August 05, 2019
Computer Science / Information Technology / Biotechnology),
BE / BTech / BCA / BPharm or any other graduation with
minimum 2 years learning of Mathematics / Statistics, from a
recognized University.

Admission Process: Refer Section 2

Course Fees, Hostel Fees, Refund Rules
Refer Section 3

Last date for receipt of application: 30.05.2019

Commencement of Classes: 22.07.2019

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