Our AM program
Successful completion of Harvard’s AM program in Statistics can lead to more flexible career choices and provide reward and value to the AM degree recipient. Many of Harvard’s AM students go on to Ph.D. programs after finishing, while others go on to immediately become part of the much-needed workforce meeting demands for statistics in many areas such as in the financial sector, data science, software development, and government agencies.
The AM program is available only to current Harvard GSAS PhD students or to current Harvard undergraduates via the AB/AM program. External applications are not being accepted.
AM program prerequisites
The Statistics AM program has no formal prerequisites. However, students must not have become unable to meet the program requirements (e.g., through insufficient grades in specific courses) as listed on the GSAS graduate statistics program page when they apply. Interested students are strongly recommended to have completed a 200-level statistics course.
AM program requirements
The degree requirements for the AM program may be found at the GSAS graduate statistics program page. Undergraduate students interested in the AB/AM degree should also consult the concurrent masters program page.
AM program admissions
Students interested in pursuing the AM degree in Statistics should contact the Director of Masters Study in Statistics to assess the feasibility of the program and whether the program is a good fit to the students’ educational and career goals. Undergraduate students interested in the concurrent masters degree should apply at latest during their first semester of Junior year with an application deadline of December 1 using the GSAS application web site. Students in PhD programs may submit applications for the AM degree program in Statistics at any time, and should be sent to the Student Programs Administrator within the Statistics Department. The application process involves the following steps.
- Students must submit an AM Program Plan of Study form that details the courses they will count towards the AM degree, and when the courses will be taken or have been taken.
- Students applying for the AB/AM program must also submit a supplemental form that confirms they have had advising conversations about the program.
- No letters of recommendation are required. The GSAS application portal is currently set up to require three recommenders, so students should contact the Director of Masters Studies in the Statistics Department to address this inconsistency between the portal and the application process.
- No Statement of Purpose or Personal Statement is required.
- GRE scores are not required.
- No writing sample is required.
SM in Data Science
The Master of Science (SM) in Data Science program, run jointly with Computer Science and administered through the Institute for Applied Computational Science (IACS) at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), trains students in the rapidly growing field of data science. Please find more information at the SM in Data Science program website.