The Department of Statistics, University of Ibadan is the first ever Department of Statistics in Nigeria and one of the earliest in Africa. Their Masters degree programme has five units; Economic & Financial Statistics, Biometry, Environmental Statistics, Computational and Survey and Experimental Design.

The quality of teaching is very good but just a little gap compared to the teaching and research aids provided in Europe. Presently, there are over 5 Professors and 7 PhD lecturers at the Department.

Majority of academic members head some of well recognized statistical society in Nigeria (Professional Statisticians Society of Nigeria & Nigerian Statistical Association)

Admission rate for M.Sc and PhD programmes is about 70% and 50% respectively.