University of Venda

Mission

The Mission of the Department is to educate students and professionals, provide service to others, and conduct Research in Statistics. Our primary focus is to support and enhance the academic missions and programmes of the School, the Faculty and the University of Venda. We are committed to delivering a quality educational experience to our undergraduates and postgraduate students.

The Department of Statistics provides instructions, conducts research and performs professional service in one of the most important quantitative areas essential for modern decision-making. This Department must be responsive and sensitive to the instructional, research and professional service needs of students and staff from all Departments within the University, and to the needs of communities outside the University. In general we see ourselves as a resource for providing assistance in Statistics through our Teaching, Research and Service.

In teaching, our philosophy is not only to develop the ability to use statistics intelligently, to communicate results clearly and concisely, and to approach problems with creativity and common sense. Furthermore, we will try to orient our courses to the needs of the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of science and the University of Venda, whenever appropriate.