The Institute of Statistics was founded in 2003. It offers M.S. programs with special emphasis on Industrial Statistics and Financial Statistics . In addition to fundamental theoretical statistics courses, students are encouraged to take elective courses from the aforementioned two areas of applied statistics.

The two areas of this institute have good potential in statistical studies, and their theories and applications need much more research:

Industrial Statistics:

Statistics researchers have promoted the use of industrial statistics in Taiwan for many years and have witnessed the success of such activities. Throughout the years, researchers have helped lay the foundations of putting the statistical concepts and corresponding methods such as product design, quality control and assurance in manufacturing and inspection processes, and so on, into practice. All these have helped Taiwanese industries to institute product warranty, monitoring and inspection processes that meet international standards.

Financial Statistics:

In the past twenty years, new computational techniques and methods caused major influences in the investment processes and brought new changes to the entire financial sector. Today many international banks and financial institutions utilize these new computational methods in technique innovation and have consequently increased their competitive strength. Techniques and tools used in the fields of applied mathematics, probability and statistics, computer science, and economics, etc., are included in these computational methods. The new computation methods also contain fiscal theories to produce financial policies and products that solve questions like product warranty assessment, investment compound structure, risk management, and case simulation. 

本所除教授學生基本統計理論外，將依學生志趣與國家產業發展方向，於財金統計與工業統計兩大領域，規劃完整的訓練課程，並依本所教師之專長，在醫學統計、空間統計、網絡研究、巨量資料分析等方面，開設適當的課程，以達訓練學生多元發展之目的。

此外，教導學生如何善用統計工具為本所教師在教學及研究上的共同目標。本所教師不僅與國內外統計界密切交流，並與世界頂尖學者建立良好的合作關係，以跟上世界最新統計發展腳步之外，亦努力拓展跨領域合作的契機，與積極開拓產學合作計畫。

本所期望透過鼓勵學生積極參與跨領域或產官學合作之研究計畫，讓其瞭解產業界之需求，並吸收實務資料分析之經驗。同時亦鼓勵學生參與證照考試，與赴研討會發表演講，以充實其專業能力，並訓練溝通與表達能力，進而提升就業機會，達到學用合一之目的。 

(一)在工業統計方面
工業統計的推展在我國已有相當的時間，從事工業統計研究的學者專家們，對我國的產業界在產品的設計、製程及檢驗等方面的品質管制與品質保證觀念的建立，長期投入，已得到相當不錯的成果。也協助我國的一些產品建立適當的品質保證、監測與檢驗流程，使產品達到國際標準。

 (二)在財金統計方面
在過去近二十年中，新的計量技術與方法，對投資過程與財務金融界造成相當大的影響與轉變，使其具嶄新的風貌。今天在國際上已有不少銀行或其他財務金融機構，藉助此類計量方法而產生技術創新，因而獲得相當的競爭優勢。這些計量方法包含範圍廣泛，從應用數學、機率統計、計算機科學、經濟等各個領域中的方法與工具，結合財務的理論與需求，而發展出新的財務金融策略與產品，解決諸如衍生商品的擔保評估、投資組合結構、風險管理、方案模擬等問題。