Overview

Acadia University's graduate program in Mathematics and Statistics offers you an exciting opportunity to earn your degree and tackle a significant research problem while also participating in our award-winning co-operative education option and gaining industry work experience.

You will take courses that will broaden your knowledge and also prepare you to work on your chosen research project. Our co-operative education option allows you to gain eight months of industry experience work terms or internships. A special feature of the program is to be able to align your work experience and research project, allowing you to more deeply understand the importance and relevance of the research problem.

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In this program, you will benefit from the small school advantage – close contact with your supervisor and a program best-suited to your interests – while also being able to participate in a wide range of research that Acadia faculty conduct. In our department, you can pursue research into tidal energy in the Bay of Fundy, fractal images, games on graphs, statistical learning, big data, computer experiments, cryptography, number theory, scheduling theory, and statistical applications in agriculture, biology, and medicine.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Probability
Regression
Nonparametric Statistical Inference
Sampling Theory
Design and Analysis of Experiments
Statistical Learning

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-04 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-08 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Halifax, Canada

Disciplines

Mathematics Statistics Actuarial Science View 33 other Masters in Statistics in Canada

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Academic requirements

GPA

Required

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

All applicants must submit a brief statement of possible research interests and indicate whether they will be seeking an internship.
Candidates for admission to the graduate programs of Acadia University must possess an honours degree, or a four-year bachelor's degree, from an approved university.
Candidates must have at least a B- average (70%) in the courses taken in the major field in the last two undergraduate years (or 60 credit hours) of university study, including coursework in undergraduate degree(s) and any graduate work completed.
Those candidates possessing a major in a field other than that of their graduate program will normally be required to take sufficient undergraduate courses to make up the equivalent of an Acadia undergraduate major. Special consideration may be given to those candidates wishing to change from one undergraduate field to a related graduate one.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

16078 CAD / year

≈ 16078 CAD / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

7215 CAD / year

≈ 7215 CAD / year

Additional Details

Nova Scotia Students: $7,145.10

Living costs

Halifax

Canada

1235 - 1956 CAD / month

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Funding

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