Membership Path
The Institute shall consist of four main categories of members
a. General Members: Should have at least one of the following qualifications;
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A postgraduate Degree in Statistics/Applied Statistics/Bio-Statistics
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A Postgraduate Degree in Data Science/ Data Analytics/ Business Analytics or equivalent specialty recognized by the council of IASSL. However, eligibility based on such a degree is subject to the condition that the degree's transcript reflects a strong foundation in Statistics.
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A postgraduate Diploma in Statistics/Applied Statistics/Bio-Statistics
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A bachelor's degree with a minimum of 30 credit courses in the study area of Statistics.
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A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 15 credit courses in the study area of Statistics, and not less than a one-semester (full time) or a minimum of 15 credit research project, in the study area of Statistics
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The Higher Diploma offered by the IASSL
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A bachelor's degree, or the diploma offered by the IASSL, and a minimum of 5 years of experience as a Statistician or equivalent position recognized by the council of IASSL.
General members shall use the title MIASSL
b. Fellows: Fellowships will be awarded at the Annual General Meeting on the recommendation of the Executive Council.
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A General member(lifetime) of the IASSL (Applied Statistics Association of Sri Lanka as well) for a continuous period of ten years, and a distinguished person who has done immense service to the field of Statistics in general or to the Institute* in special. *The term institute for this clause includes Applied Statistics Association of Sri Lanka as well.
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Fellows shall use the title FIASSL
c . Honorary Fellows: Honorary Fellowships will be awarded at the Annual General Meeting or at an International Statistics Conference
conducted by the IASSL on the recommendation of the Executive Council.
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Any distinguished person who has done immense service to the Statistics discipline in general or to the IASSL in special are eligible to be an Honorary Fellow.
In addition to the above members, following two categories shall be enrolled as of members:
- a. Corporate membership (Annual Only):
Any public sector or private sector organization that is engaged in statistical work shall be eligible to be enrolled as corporate member. Corporate members can send one authorized representative to the Annual General Meeting.
- b. Student membership (Annual Only):
Any undergraduate of a degree programme in Statistics or Applied Statistics or any other degree programme in which Statistics is a
subject of the degree programme of a recognized university,
or students following the Diploma course conducted by the Institute shall be eligible to be a student member.