Student review [#27910]
for Statistics
at University of Ibadan - UI
Ibadan, Nigeria
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.