I meant in term of general ranking.

I guess my general question is: what should be favoured, general ranking or department ranking. Lancaster is supposed to be behind on both so there was no real question for me.

Concerning the "quality of living", as it is for a short period of time in my life, it is not an important factor for me. It might, however, be a tie breaker.

Hi everyone,

I need some advice. I have received two offers from the following programs: Warwick, Msc in Statisitics, Edinburgh Msc in Statisitics and OR.

My goal is to pursue a PhD afterwards, in the U.K. or back at home (I am from Switzerland).

I understand the Warwick has a better statistic department, but Edinburgh has a better overall ranking. What program would maximize my chance of finding a "good" PhD program? And what program would be the best for the plan B, which is finding a decent job, probably in the finance industry.

What do you guys think?

Thanks in advance for you help.

PS: I also received an offer from Lancaster and Kent, but I assumed these two are less interesting in that regard.