Department of Statistics

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Welcome to the Department of Statistics at UW–Madison

The Department of Statistics is a hub for statistics and data science research and education. Housed in the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences within the College of Letters & Science, we are proud to be considered one of the premier statistics departments in the nation and the home of some of the fastest-growing programs at UW–Madison.

We harness statistics and data science to tackle interdisciplinary challenges, and our renowned faculty and staff prepare the next generation of data-driven leaders for in-demand careers across a wide range of sectors.

For Prospective Students

Our department offers four undergraduate programs.

Our undergraduate majors are the Statistics Major and the Data Science Major, and we also offer a Statistics Certificate and a Data Science Certificate.

Prospective graduate students can pursue any of our several graduate programs, including:

Featured Statistics Stories

Sports Analytics Club enables students to turn data into game-changing insights

The Sports Analytics Club, led by Shekhar Shah x'27, helps students use real sports data—including NFL tracking data—to develop analytical skills, collaborate on projects, and pursue careers in the growing sports analytics space.

UW Board of Regents approves UW–Madison proposal to create College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence

Statistics, Computer Sciences, and the Information School will be reorganized into a standalone college, building upon the university’s strengths in computer, data, library and information sciences and statistics.

Teaching Faculty John Gillett makes machine learning click, with humor and humility

In the age of AI, Gillett is both enabling students to embrace new tools and pushing them to think for themselves. "Never accept a black‑box answer," he said.

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Statistics Seminars and Events

  • March
    • March 19
      Statistics Seminar Multimodal data integration and cross-modal querying via orchestrated approximate message passing presented by Zongming Ma1:00 PM, 7560 Morgridge Hall
    • March 26
      Statistics Seminar presented by Yiqiao Zhong1:00 PM, 7560 Morgridge Hall
  • April