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Overview
This Statistics and Probability for Safety, Reliability and Quality course at the University of Aberdeen will give you an in-depth understanding of applied probability and statistics.
You’ll learn how to apply probability and statistics in your own field as you undertake the calculations necessary to quantify risk and assess reliability. You’ll also grow your financial skills in understanding the investment side of risk calculation.
Careers
This course is designed to prepare you, as a graduate or practising engineer, for a career in safety and reliability engineering and risk management. There’s a continuing high demand for people with specialist knowledge in these areas.
You could also continue on to research work in risk quantification.
Programme Structure
Providing you with a solid mathematical foundation for the analysis of safety, reliability and quality, your course will also cover the following topics:- Revision of elementary concepts in statistics and probability
- Important uni-variate distributions
- Bi-variate and multi-variate normal distribution
- Parameter estimation and goodness-of-fit
- Analysis of statistical data
- Treatment of outliers
- Analysis of variance
- Continuous and discrete stochastic processes
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 3 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
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Credits
15 alternative credits
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Statistics General Engineering & Technology View 36 other Short Courses in General Engineering & Technology in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
This course has no formal entry requirements. You decide if it’s suitable for you.
The course is delivered at Masters level. For this course, you’d usually have:
- a 2:2 UK honours degree (or equivalent) in Engineering or Science, and
- a very good understanding of engineering mathematics concepts.
The course will also need basic competence in Excel/Matlab or a similar software for applying the related concepts.
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents1395 GBP / full≈ 1395 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents1395 GBP / full≈ 1395 GBP / full
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