Bachelor
This honours program provides you with foundation research skills to underpin your future career as a researcher or practitioner in statistical sciences.
This honours program provides you with foundation research skills to underpin your future career as a researcher or practitioner in statistical sciences.
Specifically, honours students develop:
Research experience gained as part of an honours program is required for most academic and research positions, and increasingly for positions in other sectors of industry.
In consultation with the program coordinator and your potential supervisor, you will be allocated a project that aims to complement your skills and areas of interest.
As an intending RMIT statistics honours student, you are eligible to attend the AMSI Summer School of Mathematics, and apply for financial support to do so.
Additionally, you may also apply for the AMSI Vacation Research Scholarships for intending honours students where you will have the opportunity to work on a six to 12-week research project and receive support to attend the AMSIConnect conference.
Honours projects
The projects are developed specifically for honours students and may be a preliminary exploration, a smaller component of a bigger research project or part of an existing collaboration with industry.
Discipline areas include:
A list of current projects is available from the
The highest level of education you have previously completed will determine which category applies to you.
Applicants with Higher Education study
You should have completed an undergraduate degree in statistics or a related field with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.5 out 4.0.
Applicants with recent secondary education (current or within the past two years)
Secondary education (Year 12) is not considered for entry into this program.
Applicants with Vocational Education and Training
Vocational education and training (VET) is not considered for entry into this program.
Applicants with Work and Life Experience
Work and life experience is not considered for entry into this program.