European Master in Official Statistics (EMOS)

Code

78085 

Name

Study programme European Master in Official Statistics (EMOS)

Type and scope

Master studies in statistics (advanced level studies) (2 years)

Degree

Master of Social Sciences

Credits

120 ECTS credits

Entry qualification

Applicable Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline

Application and admission

Faculty of Social Sciences

See faculty website

Target of application: Statistics

See here for more detailed requirements (incl. language requirements) at the UHhttps://www.helsinki.fi/en/studying/how-to-apply/masters-studies

Target group

EMOS module is intended for students of University of Helsinki and other universities in Finland and elsewhere who aim to graduate in statistics at Faculty of Social Sciences of the UH.

Value added for student

By specializing in EMOS as a part of Master studies, student will be certified competent to work as survey statistician and in related positions in national and international contexts, including National Statistical Institutes and the European Statistical System of the European Commission (Eurostat) and the European Central Bank (ECB), as well as public and private sector institutions (e.g. banking, insurance and survey industry).

Description

The objective of EMOS studies is to educate statisticians specialized in survey statistics and methodological areas of official statistics. Studies are organized as an EMOS module structured within the parent study programme “Master Studies in Statistics”. The parent programme qualifies for doctoral studies.

The EMOS module consists of studies required to award the EMOS certificate and studies required for Master's degree in statistics at the University of Helsinki. The degree of 120 ECTS contains at least 85 ECTS in statistics (including 40 ECTS for Master Thesis project) and at most 35 ECTS for elective studies (e.g. additional courses in statistics or elective courses in mathematics, computer sciences, or subject matter disciplines).

EMOS studies in statistics are composed of the following parts:

A. EMOS Core module (12 ECTS, compulsory)            

Courses on Social Statistics:
Survey Sampling
Survey Methodology

B. EMOS semi-elective courses

Selected courses in general statistics and survey statistics

C. EMOS elective courses

Selected courses in general statistics and survey statistics

D. Master thesis and internship (40 ECTS)

Master Thesis Project

E. Obligatory courses for Master’s degree in statistics (10 ECTS)

Advanced Statistical Inference (5 ECTS)
Generalized Linear Models (5 ECTS)

F. Other obligatory studies (3 ECTS)

Master seminar (2 ECTS)
Training / Internship (5 ECTS) (included in Part D)
HOPS (Personal Study Plan) (1 ECTS)

 Tentative EMOS curriculumUniversity of Helsinki - EMOS Curriculum.pdf (pdf)

Courses in statistics offered in 2015/2016 (TBA for 2016/2017)

Master Thesis Project

The preparation of Master's thesis is organized as a joint project with the university and a partner institute. Currently, the most important partner is Statistics Finland. The actors in the thesis project are student, scientific supervisor of the university and subject-matter supervisor of the partner institute, as described below.

Background

The study programme "Master Studies in Statistics" of University of Helsinki has been awarded the European Master in Official Statistics (EMOS) Label by the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) of the European Commission in 2015. The UH is the only EMOS certified university in Finland. There are 12 such universities in Europe, see at:

http://www.cros-portal.eu/content/emos-labelled-universities

More EMOS details at www.cros-portal.eu/content/emos

Contact

Prof. Risto Lehtonen, risto.lehtonen@helsinki.fi

Prof. Juha Alho, juha.alho@helsinki.fi

Jaana Lehtinen, Academic affairs officer, jaana.lehtinen@helsinki.fi