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Biostatistics
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Other Programs
UZH not only offers a Master's Program in Biostatistics but also a PhD Program in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (in collaboration with ETHz).
The Master Program in Biostatistics at UZH is the only specialized master's program in biostatistics in Switzerland, other master's programs in statistics, some of them offering specializations in biostatistics, are:
Master programs in biostatistics/biometry in Germany:
- University of Bremen
- University of Dortmund (MSc in Statistics with a possible focus in biometrics)
- University of Heidelberg
- LMU Munich
- University of Ulm
- List in the German region
Master programs in medical statistics/biostatistics/biometry or similar in the UK:
- University of Leicester
- University of Southampton
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- The University of Manchester
- University College London (MSc Statistics for Clinical Trials)
- University College London (Statistics (Medical Statistics) MSc)
- King’s College London
- University of Essex
- Imperial College London
- University of Oxford
- University of Bristol
- University of Liverpool
Master programs in medical statistics/biostatistics/biometry or similar in Europe:
- Hasselt University
- Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
- Utrecht University
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Erasmus MC Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences
- Universitat de València
- University of Iceland
- National University Ireland Galway
- Université de Bordeaux
- University of Montpellier
- EHESP School of Public Health
Graduate programs in (bio)statistics mainly in North America:
Master programs in biostatistics/biometry in Japan:
Master programs in biostatistics/biometry in Australia:
For Job Searchers
Journals in Biostatistics
- Biometrical Journal
- Biometrics
- Biometrika
- Biostatistics
- The International Journal of Biostatistics
- Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics
- Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics
- Pharmaceutical Statistics
- Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Statistical Methods in Medical Research
- Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research
- Statistics in Medicine
Scientific Associations
- Swiss Statistical Society (SSS)
- International Biometric Society (IBS)
- Region Österreich-Schweiz (ROeS) of the IBS
- Royal Statistical Society (RSS)
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
- Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability (BERNOULLI)
- American Statistical Association (ASA)
- International Statistical Institute (ISI)
Scientific Meetings
Scientific meetings are a place to present own research, learn about other's research and start and foster scientific and social networks. The Swiss Statistical Society organizes a Meeting each fall: Statistiktage. Most Statistical Associations post calendars of meetings:
Life in Zurich
- Information for international students at UZH
- Information for UZH students:
Here you find information on all kinds of topics related to the students' everyday life. - Prospective student page of UZH:
Here you find some additional information on such things as housing, insurance, financing, visa, etc. (again some overlap between both pages) - Academic Sportsclub (ASVZ):
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