The European Master in Official Statistics (EMOS) is a label awarded by the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) to master’s programmes providing postgraduate education in the area of official statistics. It is a shared initiative by Eurostat, the European Statistical System (ESS) and the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), which aims to:
- advance postgraduate education in official statistics and data science at universities across Europe
- educate students to become highly skilled statisticians with expertise in official statistics
- facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experience between the European producers of official statistics and lecturers, researchers, and students in this field.
EMOS is implemented as a set of courses building on the curricula of existing nationally accredited master’s programmes. EMOS courses cover the EMOS learning outcomes, which familiarise graduates with:
- the organization and role of official statistics
- the specific production models and methods to produce statistics
- the various themes such as economy, society, industry or environment, specific statistical methods including data science
- knowledge of and ability to apply advanced statistical methods
- publication and communication of statistics to various user communities.
Eurostat manages the EMOS network bringing together universities and their partners in national statistical institutes, central banks, other national statistical authorities, international organisations and other partner organisations producing or dealing with statistics and data. The EMOS network includes 33 master’s programmes and their partner organisations in 17 countries.