Computational Statistics and Data Science - COMPASS University of Bristol

Overview

Over the last decade, the wider team of the Computational Statistics and Data Science - COMPASS programme has successfully supervised over 100 PhD students. These students are in great demand and have been quickly employed by companies such as Adarga, Arm, BAE Systems, BBC, BBVA, Cray, Dyson, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, Google, Hargreaves Lansdown, Intel, Philips, Redhat, Sony, Swiss Re, Toshiba & the UK Government.

Key facts

University of Bristol is a leading international institution, providing education and training from foundation years through to advanced postgraduate training. Compass CDT is based in the School of Mathematics (Faculty of Science), which was ranked in the most recent national research assessment exercise REF2021 4th in the UK. Overall, the University of Bristol is ranked fifth for research in the UK, with a remarkable 94% of its research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent.