With the mission to cultivate statistical professionals to meet the need of the job market, our department has the following features:

• Multiple curricular programs: Promote the use of statistical methods in the fields of business, industry, and biology. Five curricular programs are offered, including business statistics for management, industrial statistics, biostatistics, actuarial science, and data science.
   
• Diversified teaching methods: Diverse teaching methods used include distance learning, online to offline (O2O) teaching & learning, hands-on learning, and poster presentation.
   
• Interdisciplinary academia-industry cooperation: Reinforce the research, data science and academia-industry cooperation, and build the learning environment for matching knowledge and skills.
   
• Intensive cross-cultural exchanges: International exchange programs are available for students to pursue overseas study in Southwestern University of Finance and Economics as well as in Xiamen University of the PRC. Meanwhile, the dual master's program is another popular exchange program.
   
• Strong statistical expertise: Statistical certification exams are held every semester while experience sharing workshops are given by alumni and professionals from the industry. In addition, the Deep Data Program is organized every year to enhance learners' applied statistical competency.
   
• Professional career counseling: Working with voluntary alumni, the department offers "industry mentoring" and "career counseling" services. Full-funded internships provide learners the opportunities to bridge the gap between the industry and the academia, and to promote their competitiveness in the job market.