Department of Statistics and Data Science

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Dean Adrian Randolph with Award Winner Professor Emre Besler, Professor Arvind Krishna, and Professor Ji-Ping Wang

Professor Emre Besler Receives 2026 Weinberg College Teaching Award

The Department congratulates Professor Emre Besler on winning the 2026 Arts & Sciences Alumni Teaching Award at Weinberg College. The Alumni Teaching Award is awarded annually to two teaching-track faculty who demonstrate excellence in undergraduate education.

Qijie Zhu and Ziqing Wang's Research Wins 2nd Place in Poster Competition

Qijie Zhu, a PhD student in the Department of Statistics and Data Science, received second place in the Student Poster Competition at the 2026 NIC-ASA and ICSA Midwest Chapter Joint Fall Meeting, held October 15–16, 2026. The Department congratulates Qijie and Ziqing on this achievement.

Group Photo of Faculty and Graduate Students at Picnic

Fall Welcome Picnic

Over 40 of the Department's faculty, Ph.D. and master's students attended the annual Fall picnic to welcome the new M.S. and Ph.D. students for 2026-27.

Welcome to our new graduate students!

Undergraduate Programs

Major in Statistics

Minor in Statistics

Major in Data Science

Minor in Data Science

BA/MS Combined Degree

Graduate Programs

PhD in Statistics and Data Science

MS in Statistics and Data Science Program

Ad Hoc Masters for Northwestern PhD Students

PhD program application information

MS program application information

Ad Hoc MS for NU PhD students application information

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Two Department Professors Receive NSF CAREER Awards

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