Department of Statistics, Calicut University, Calicut

Department of Statistics

The Department was set up in 1988 to provide facilities for teaching, training and research in Statistics. Since then it is actively involved in theoretical studies of real life situations from modeling point of view. The faculty of the Department have collaborative research work with scientists of various organizations within and outside India. Some of them have held common wealth fellowship and scholarship tenable at U. K. In addition the faculty advises and assists teachers and research scholars of other Departments of the University in Statistical Analysis of their data. As of 2010, 27 research students of the Department have been awarded Ph. D Degree. The Department Library has over 2100 books. The Department has a Computer Lab with 26 Personal Computers. Also it has packages such as SPSS and SYSTAT and other equipments such as OHP and LCD Projector. The Department has an active Alumni Association.

Courses Offered

- Master of Science (M.Sc Statistics)
- Master of Philosophy (M.Phil Statistics)
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D Statistics)

Thrust Areas

- Stochastic Processes and Applications
- Reliability and Survival Analysis
- Extreme Value Theory
- Time Series Analysis
- Applied Probability
- Distribution Theory and Sampling Theory