Degree projects in mathematical statistics
On this page you find information about writing a master's thesis in mathematical statistics or insurance mathematics.
For a Master's Degree in Mathematical Statistics or Insurance Mathematics, a degree project comprising 30 higher education credits is required. The topic of the project is decided by the supervisor together with the student. The work is to be presented in a written thesis and at a seminar. Usually there are opportunities to present at the start and end of each semester.
You can read more about the degree projects in mathematical statistics and their eligibility requirements in the course catalogue. Remember that you have to apply for the degree project via Universityadmissions.se.
MT9012 Insurance Mathematics, Degree Project, 30 credits
MT9013 Mathematical Statistics, Degree Project, 30 credits
Since the bachelor's (first cycle) degree project generally requires that you know Swedish, this page concerns only master's (second cycle) degree projects.
Read more about bachelor's degree project on the Swedish version of this page
Starting the degree project
To start a degree project, you must fulfill the eligibility requirements, and apply for the degree project via Universityadmissions.se. Details on this can be found in the course catalogue, see links above.
The project can either be done internally at the department or externally at a company, government agency, etc. You are expected to be active in finding a topic for the project. Suggestions for projects can be found below. For external projects the coordinator and teachers at the department can assist with contacts.
Supervisor and project plan
Once you have been admitted, you will be assigned a supervisor at the department. If you are doing your work at a company/agency, you should also have a supervisor there.
Before you get started, you and your advisor must agree on and write a project plan. It is recommended to use the LaTeX template, which can be found on the course page for degree projects in mathematical statistics, on kurser.math.su.se. The project plan should be handed in to the coordinator, contact details can be found at the bottom of the page.
Presenting the degree project
The degree project is documented in a thesis and presented at a seminar at the department (the presentation should be about 30 minutes, and then there are 10 minutes for questions). Usually there are opportunities to present at the start and end of each semester. To apply for presentation, a final version of the thesis, approved by the supervisor, has to be submitted to the coordinator no later than three weeks before the presentation date.
Suggestions for master's degree projects
Here you can find suggestions for topics for master's degree projects in mathematical statistics or insurance mathematics.
Thesis topics in mathematical statistics, Spring 2024
Martin Sköld, SU and the Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM), January 2024
Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, Karolinska Institute (pdf) (95 Kb)
January 2024
Optimal stopping and stochastic control as applications of stochastic differential equations (pdf) (506 Kb)
Kristoffer Lindensjö, December 2023
African swine fever outbreak in wild boar in Sweden (pdf) (77 Kb)
Tom Britton, December 2023
Master thesis project Uppsala monitoring centre UMC (pdf) (57 Kb)
December 2023
High-dimensional sample correlation matrices (pdf) (131 Kb)
Johannes Heiny, January 2023
Coexistence in a model for competing growth (pdf) (103 Kb)
Daniel Ahlberg, Augusti 2022
Annihilating branching random walks (pdf) (86 Kb)
Daniel Ahlberg, Augusti 2022
Degree project at FRA in Machine learning/AI (project description in Swedish, pdf)
Methodological considerations in population-based cancer patient survival analysis (pdf) (155 Kb)
Felix Günther & Sandra Eloranta, KI, September 2021
Topics in discrete probability theory (pdf) (127 Kb)
Daniel Ahlberg, January 2021
Data Science and Statistics - Spring 2020 (pdf) (177 Kb)
Lucie Gattepaille, UMC, November 2019
Master Thesis Internships - Spring 2020 (pdf) (42 Kb)
Benjamin Allévius, King, November 2019
Dynamic forecasting models for repair contract pricing in heavy trucks (pdf) (129 Kb)
Martin Lindén, Scania, October 2019
Bayesian Optimal Portfolio Selection (pdf) (19 Kb)
Taras Bodnar, March 2019
Generalized Linear Latent Variable Models (pdf) (14 Kb)
Keith Humphreys, Sep 2018
Useful links and files
Writing and presenting degree projects in Mathematics and Mathematical statistics (pdf) (633 Kb)
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Last updated: January 15, 2024
Source: Department of Mathematics