Statistics
Stories of Graduates and Student Testimonials

Read what some of our current students have to say about university, their degrees, and studying with us.

Kris

Bachelor of Mathematics (Statistics)

After completing my Maths degree, majoring in Statistics, I was employed by Zurich Life as a Technical Calculations Officer in Sydney. The position involved actuarial work concerning the calculation of investors' policy values following changes to their original insurance position. After 2 and 1/2 years, I moved on to work for the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), part of the Managed Investment and Life insurance industry, covering the Superannuation industry. ...more about Kris

Leone

Bachelor of Business with Bachelor of Mathematics (Honours)

The fundamentals of statistics have been really helpful to me. They can be applied to many situations, and have given me a sound conceptual understanding of how to attack and solve new problems. The statistical computing I learnt has been invaluable, and in particular sample theory has been of most relevance to my current work. ...more about Leone

Murray

Bachelor of Information Science

(The best thing about my degree program was) the labs - using software to implement the theory. Even if I struggled with some of the material, with the help of my lecturers, I could usually make sense of it once implemented with real data sets. To me, this is what stats is all about - its not about the numbers, its about finding information from the numbers. ...more about Murray