Bachelor's degree in Statistics (interuniversity UB-UPC degree)
Faculty of Economics and Business (FEE)
School of Mathematics and Statistics (FME)
The bachelor’s degree in Statistics, coordinated by the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) and taught in conjuction with the UPC, will provide you with the training you need in statistics, probability, operations research, computer science and economics. The course will give you the necessary grounding to design methods for collecting and transforming data into valuable decision-making input for companies, organisations and institutions; to manage quality control and improvement processes; and to produce public opinion studies, statistical reports, epidemiological studies and clinical trials in the field of health care. The course is offered jointly with the University of Barcelona (UB), so students reap the rewards of a richer learning experience, benefiting from the combined expertise of UPC and UB teaching staff in engineering and technology, economics, and social and health sciences.
- Professional opportunities
- Health and natural sciences: health services, medicine, public health, pharmaceutical industry, clinical trials, animal health, environment, life sciences, bioinformatics and agriculture.
- Data Science
- Economics and finance: actuarial science, insurance, banking, risk assessment and lending, stock markets, management of securities portfolios, financial analysis, market research, competitor analysis and pricing policy.
- Public administration: activities at official statistics institutes, demographic projections, studies of social trends and the labour market, optimal allocation of resources, etc.
- Industry and services (including informatics): experimental design, quality control, improvement of processes and products, logistics, inventory management, production planning, and optimal management of resources and energy systems.
- Teaching and research.
