Department of Statistics was established in 1993 by Prof. Dr. Mehmet Şahinoğlu and the first undergraduate and graduate students began their education in the 1994-1995 semester. Since its establishment, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Şahinoğlu, Prof. Dr. Nilgün Moralı, Prof. Dr. Serdar Kurt, Prof. Dr. Can Cengiz Çelikoğlu, Prof. Dr. Aylin Alin, Prof. Dr. Selma Gürler, Prof. Dr. Esin Firuzan, Prof. Dr. Burcu Hüdaverdi, Prof. Dr. Neslihan Demirel contributed to the development process of DEU Statistics Department by serving as the department head.
Our department consists of 23 faculty members working in Statistics Theory, Statistical Information Systems, Probability Theory and Processes, Risk Analysis, Applied Statistics and Operations Research divisions.
Our department currently offers Statistics Bachelor’s Degree, Statistics Minor, Statistics Double Major, Statistics Master’s Degree Scientific Preparation, Statistics Master’s Degree, Data Science Master’s Degree and Statistics Doctorate Degree programs. Statistics department undergraduate program is 30% in English. Approximately 70% of undergraduate courses consist of mandatory courses and the remaining part consists of elective courses.
As DEU Department of Statistics, we hosted events such as the Young Statisticians Congress (2003), the 4th Statistics Days Symposium (2004), the 8th International Statistics Student Colloquium (2011), the 4th International Researchers, Statisticians and Young Statisticians Congress (2018).
Our Previous Heads of Department
Founding Chairman
September 1993 - March 2000
March 2004 - December 2010
November 2013 - March 2016