PHILOSOPHY OF THE PROGRAMME

The philosophy behind the establishment of the Statistic unit in the department is to teach and conduct research in Statistical and other related areas. It is further meant to adequately develop students who can reason, conceive ideas, formulate theories, interpret, transform and apply statistical sciences in all phases of life.

OBJECTIVES

• To produce graduates who have a broad knowledge of the fundamental aspect of Mathematics and Statistics.
• To produce graduate that are knowledgeable in Statistics techniques and thinking.
• To build up people who can apply the knowledge of the study to independently and collectively embark on researches not only in the area of statistics but also in the other area of life so as to enhance the overall development of nation in particular and world at large.
• To produce graduates who will be technologically and scientifically informed and well equipped to translate scientific knowledge into technology.

• To prepare students for post graduate work study in the field of statistics.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

i) Admission Through UTME

Five (O) Level credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics and at least two from Chemistry, Biology, Further Mathematics, Statistics,  Economics and Geography.

UTME Subjects
A candidate must sit for English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any one of Chemistry/ Economics/Geography.

ii) Direct Entry Admission

1. Advanced Level passes in Mathematics and in at least two other subjects from Physics Economics and Further Mathematics.
2. Candidates from Polytechnics and other related programmes MUST possess a minimum of upper credit at any level of the programme (i.e ND, HND, NCE e.t.c)

NOTE: Any combination of GCE ‘O’ Level Certificate, IJMB ‘O’ Level Certificate, Cambridge ‘O’ Level Certificate, NABTEB ‘O’ Level Certificate, NECO ‘O’ Level Certificate and any acceptable equivalent will be considered.