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Statistics and Acturial Science Ten years before it was founded in 1946, this Department, one of the oldest in the country, already presented statistics as a subject, mainly for students in the commercial sciences. In this way we ended up in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. The number of environments needing tuition in statistics is increasing even more rapidly. In 1985 we also started offering actuarial science. Presently we house the Centre for Statistical Consultation; proof that we are serious about active research. Fields of Study Statistics (up to doctorate), mathematical statistics (up to doctorate), actuarial science (up to master's) and financial risk management (up to doctorate). Listed below is a summary of the fields covered. Statistics and mathematical statistics: Advanced statistical inference, Bayes statistics, biostatistics, bootstrap and related computer-intensive techniques, categorical data analysis, consultation practice, data mining, experimental design, extreme value theory, large sample analysis, multidimensional scaling, multivariate statistical analysis, probability models and stochastic simulation, probability theory, non-parametric techniques, sampling theory, S-PLUS and R programming, statistical learning theory, statistical quality control, survival analysis, time series analysis. Actuarial Science: The postgraduate programmes cover certain of the later subjects of the Faculty and Institute of Actuaries. In the Honours programme Financial Economics (CT8) and Core Application Concepts (CA1) are covered. The Master's programme covers subjects on the Specialist level and also requires the submission of a research project/thesis. Successful students are now able to obtain exemptions (from the examinations of the Faculty and Institute of Actuaries) for not only the Core Technical subjects, but also for CA1 and up to two Specialist subjects. Financial Risk Management: Financial mathematical statistics, financial risk management and portfolio theory. Consult our web site for further particulars on our postgraduate programmes in actuarial science, mathematical statistics and statistics.  For more information Tel: +27 (0)21 808 3244 Fax: +27 (0)21 808 3830 E-mail: njlr@sun.ac.za or tdewet@sun.ac.za Web site: www.sun.ac.za/statistics *Programmes suitable for international students. Feel free to contact us about this.