Statistics with Medical Applications MSc 12 months Postgraduate Program By The University of Sheffield |Top Universities
Subject Ranking

# 101-150QS Subject Rankings

Program Duration

12 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

27,670 GBPTuition Fee/year

Scholarship

1Scholarships

Program overview

Main Subject

Statistics and Operational Research

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Our Statistics with Medical Applications MSc trains you to use statistical tools that are central to many areas of medicine: from clinical trials, to disease modelling, to measuring patient outcomes.

You’ll develop a detailed working knowledge of essential statistical techniques and concepts, including linear and generalised linear modelling, Bayesian statistics and computational methods. You’ll build up your programming and data analysis skills using the statistical computing software R. You can also deepen your understanding of statistics with optional modules, such as time series analysis and machine learning.

You’ll study how these skills are applied in clinical trials and choose from a range of optional modules that focus on the role of statistics in other areas of medicine, such as epidemiology and evaluating healthcare interventions.

Around one-third of the course is devoted to your dissertation on a medical or healthcare related topic. This may focus on investigating a data set or a more theoretical or methodological topic. Distance learning students often come with projects designed by their employer.

You’ll gain skills to help you stand out in the graduate job market, such as planning and researching a project, data acquisition, problem specification, analysis and reporting your findings. 

Recent examples of dissertation topics include:
  • Modelling recruitment projection in clinical trials with application in trials conducted within the Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit
  • Longitudinal analysis of outcomes in clinical trials


Accreditation This course is accredited by the Royal Statistical Society.

Program overview

Main Subject

Statistics and Operational Research

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Our Statistics with Medical Applications MSc trains you to use statistical tools that are central to many areas of medicine: from clinical trials, to disease modelling, to measuring patient outcomes.

You’ll develop a detailed working knowledge of essential statistical techniques and concepts, including linear and generalised linear modelling, Bayesian statistics and computational methods. You’ll build up your programming and data analysis skills using the statistical computing software R. You can also deepen your understanding of statistics with optional modules, such as time series analysis and machine learning.

You’ll study how these skills are applied in clinical trials and choose from a range of optional modules that focus on the role of statistics in other areas of medicine, such as epidemiology and evaluating healthcare interventions.

Around one-third of the course is devoted to your dissertation on a medical or healthcare related topic. This may focus on investigating a data set or a more theoretical or methodological topic. Distance learning students often come with projects designed by their employer.

You’ll gain skills to help you stand out in the graduate job market, such as planning and researching a project, data acquisition, problem specification, analysis and reporting your findings. 

Recent examples of dissertation topics include:
  • Modelling recruitment projection in clinical trials with application in trials conducted within the Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit
  • Longitudinal analysis of outcomes in clinical trials


Accreditation This course is accredited by the Royal Statistical Society.

Admission Requirements

61+
176+
6.5+
88+
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in a relevant subject with relevant modules.

1 Year
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic
12,310 GBP
International
27,670 GBP

Scholarships

International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship

International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship
Master Open

Value

$2500

Deadline

8 Jul 2025

Application requirements

QS Event attendance is required

Entry requirements

You must be admitted to this school to be awarded

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