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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Master of Research (MRes) in Statistics in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Bristol, UK

Dear all,

I am writing on behalf of the Statistics Group in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Bristol, UK. Rated 5*A in the latest national Research Assessment Exercise, the Statistics Group at Bristol is the only Statistics Group in the UK to achieve the highest possible rating, and is a research centre of international excellence.

I would like to encourage and warmly invite you to apply for our postgraduate programme of "Master of Research (MRes) in Statistics", followed by PhD study, to start in October 2008.

The MRes is a taught 12-month-long postgraduate programme (starting October 2008), with 2/3 of the assessment based on taught units and 1/3 based on a project dissertation. It is designed to provide high quality postgraduate training in the methods and practice of research in Statistics and Probability, and form a bridge for strong students between undergraduate and PhD study. As well as forming the first year of a 1+3 MRes/PhD programme, the MRes can also be taken as a standalone programme.

Successful MRes applicants will have their MRes tuition fees paid from a research council grant (or at least substantially reduced, for those of you who do not hold EU passports), and will receive a tax-free salary (studentship), whose current amount is £12,600, with a likely increase in 2008/09, with the possibility of a supplement of at least £1000, or maybe more, which is still under consultation. Furthermore, excellent MRes candidates will be encouraged to proceed to the PhD programme, which is also fully funded.

Candidates for the MRes degree will be required to complete 10 core taught units, 6 of which are taught and assessed in Bristol . In 2007/08, the following 6 courses are offered: Monte Carlo methods, Nonparametric regression, Stochastic processes, Graphical modelling, Advanced time series and Stochastic optimisation.

To build on and complement the in-house lectures, MRes students will be expected to attend four one-week residential courses (forming the other 4 `core' units), delivered collaboratively by nine prominent UK Statistics research groups. In 2007/08, the following courses are offered: Statistical computing, Statistical inference, Statistical modelling and Statistical asymptotics.

Further details of the MRes/PhD programme are available on the web at
http://www.sustain.bris.ac.uk/postgradcourses.html

If the idea of pursing the programme sounds in any way appealing to you, the Postgraduate Admissions Officer, Dr Oliver Johnson, will be more than happy to discuss it with you in more detail. Please feel free to email him at with any questions you may have. Dr Johnson will also be happy to advise you on how to submit your application.

With best wishes,
Piotr Fryzlewicz
Postgraduate Publicity Officer
Statistics Group
Department of Mathematics
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TW
United Kingdom

The way to AMINEF in Gedung Balai Pustaka

American Indonesian Exchange Foundation
Balai Pustaka Building, 6th. Floor
Jl. Gunung Sahari Raya No. 4
Jakarta 10720, Indonesia

1. The buses which goes to Senen Bus Station all of them pass through Gedung Balai Pustaka. Especially which route is through Pasar Baru .

2. Bus Transjakarta, from Blok M you have to change the bus 2-3 times.
Way 1 : from Blok M change the bus in Dukuh Atas bus stop to the bus towards Pulogadung, then take a bus in Pramuka bus stop towards Ancol, this bus pass through Gedung Balai Pustaka. The closest bus stop (Budi Utomo) is about 800 meters from Gedung Balai .
Way 2 : From Blok M take the bus in the Harmoni Bus Stop, the bus towards Pulogadung, get down in Senen Bus Stop and walk about 800 meters, or from this bus stop take the bus towards Ancol and get down as mentioned in way 1. About the distance, this two bus stops is about the same. (It is better if you take ojek or bajaj from this bus stop to Gedung Balai Pustaka)

3. If you take taxi with old tariff (TL=Tarif Lama) from blok M with no traffic jam is about Rp. 30.000,00.

4. From Blok M use bus Patas AC 76. Gedung Balai Pustaka is in the right side, after you pass through Depag, and say to conductor "Balai Pustaka"

5. Use a busway from Blok M towards Kota, get down in Sawah Besar bus stop. From here take a Mikrolet M12 towards Senen. After cross road Wahidin and before senen get down and cross the street.

Living Cost in Germany

Living Cost in Germany is vary from city to city, but this is th case if you stay in Aachen, Germany
Student accommodation or private sharing : 180 - 230 euros per month
Food : 10 - 12 euros per day (if eating outside)
Transport for students : free within Aachen and until Koln and Dusseldorf in regional trains)

Living Cost In Austria

Living Cost in Austria is depending on the city, for example the Capital of Austria, Vienna:
- Dormitory is about 250-400 euro per month.
- Living Cost 200-400 euro per month.
- Transportation 128 euro per 4 months (student and age < 26), or 49 euro per month (ordinary)

For visa, it has to be a letter from the University/Scholl in Austria. It takes about 2-3 months.

Where to do GMAT Test

GMAT Tests are held in Jakarta, Indonesia :
1. EEC Slipi +62-21 5320044 or +62-215323176
2. Kaplan GMAT Preparation +62-81388908450, +62-21 5211588, +62-215211701 (Information abaout this test can be asked in that number)
3. Or this number +62-213159225

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