The Statistics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was established in 1960 by Professor George Box. The original philosophy on the organizational structure was to have most Statistics faculty in one central department but also to have faculty with interests in applications of statistics to a wide variety of scientific disciplines that would be represented in various units on campus.

This philosophy has been maintained to the present day, and due to this the Department offers strong programs of training with a balance of both the theory and applications of statistics.   More detail...