The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics (FMPH; ; ; colloquial: ''Matfyz'') is one of 13 faculties of the

Comenius University Comenius University Bratislava () is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century ...

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, the capital of

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. The faculty provides higher education in

mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

and

informatics Informatics is the study of computational systems. According to the Association for Computing Machinery, ACM Europe Council and Informatics Europe, informatics is synonymous with computer science and computing as a profession, in which the centra ...

, as well as teacher training in subjects related to these branches of study. It was established in 1980 by separating from the Faculty of Natural Sciences under the name of ''Faculty of Mathematics and Physics'' (). Its name was changed to the contemporary name in 2000. In 2015, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics was ranked first in the group of natural sciences in the ranking of faculties in Slovakia by the Academic Ranking and Rating Agency (ARRA). The campus is located in Mlynská dolina in Bratislava, along with the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Comenius University, the

Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies The Faculty of Informatics and Information Technology () is one of the faculties of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The Faculty was created in 2003 by separating from the Faculty of Electri ...

and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the Slovak University of Technology. Endowment of the faculty in 2015 was €11.7 million.

Departments

Mathematics

* Department of Algebra, Geometry and Didactics of Mathematics * Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics * Department of Mathematical Analysis and Numerical Mathematics

Physics

* Department of Astronomy, Physics of the Earth and Meteorology
Department of Experimental Physics
* Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics * Department of Theoretical Physics and Didactics of Physics

Informatics

* Department of Applied Informatics * Department of Informatics * Department of Informatics Education

Study programmes

The faculty offers undergraduate and postgraduate education in the fields of mathematics, physics, informatics and teaching.

Mathematics

Undergraduate

* Mathematics * Economic and Financial Mathematics * Managerial Mathematics * Insurance Mathematics

Postgraduate

* Computer Graphics and Geometry * Economic and Financial Mathematics * Mathematics * Managerial Mathematics * Probability and Mathematical Statistics

Physics

Undergraduate

* Physics * Technical Physics * Renewable Energy Sources and Environmental Physics * Biomedical Physics

Postgraduate

* Astronomy and Astrophysics * Biophysics and Chemical Physics * Biomedical Physics * Environmental Physics, Renewable Energy Sources, Meteorology and Climatology * Nuclear and Sub-nuclear Physics * Optics, Lasers and Optical Spectroscopy * Physics of the Earth * Plasma Physics * Solid State Physics * Theoretical Physics

Informatics

Undergraduate

* Informatics * Applied Informatics * Bioinformatics * Data science

Postgraduate

* Informatics * Applied Informatics * Cognitive Science

Teacher training

Teacher training forms a separate group of study. Physical education instruction is provided by the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports and English is provided by the Faculty of Arts. Special teacher training is also offered for those graduates of the faculty following a non-teaching course of study who are interested in gaining the Teacher Certificates for secondary schools.

Undergraduate

* Teaching of descriptive geometry in combination with mathematics * Teaching of informatics in combination with mathematics, physics and biology * Teaching of mathematics in combination with physics, informatics, descriptive geometry and physical education * Teaching of physics in combination with mathematics or informatics

Postgraduate

* Teaching of descriptive geometry in combination * Teaching of informatics in combination * Teaching of mathematics in combination * Teaching of physics in combination

Facilities

* Faculty library (located in the pavilion of Mathematics) * Astronomical Observatory of Modra

Student life

ŠKAS

Student House of the Academic Senate of FMFI UK (ŠKAS; ) is an association representing students in the academic senate of the faculty. The student representatives are voted by students of the faculty in annual election. ŠKAS organizes events such as Deposition (), Christmas cabbage soup and punch (), Ball of FMFI UK, Doors Open Day and Freshers' week. ŠKAS also maintains a student room Cauchy Clubroom (), various free time facilities at the faculty and publishes an online guidebook for new students.

Publishing

The faculty publishes open access academic journals: * Acta Mathematica Universitatis Comenianae () * Acta Physica Universitatis Comenianae ()

Notable alumni and academic staff

* Vladimír Černý – physicist, independently described

simulated annealing Simulated annealing (SA) is a probabilistic technique for approximating the global optimum of a given function. Specifically, it is a metaheuristic to approximate global optimization in a large search space for an optimization problem. ...

in 1985 * Martin Mojžiš – popular Slovak theoretical physicist * Martin Benko – director of the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Gallery

Image:Fmfi f1 vchod od prif.jpg, F1 Pavilion of Physics Image:Fmfi f2 od prif.jpg, F2 Pavilion of Physics Image:Fmfi matematika cesta stromy.jpg, Pavilion of Mathematics and Informatics Image:Fmfi matematika vestibul.jpg, Lobby of the Pavilion of Mathematics and Informatics Image:Fmfi matematika chodba k akvarkam.jpg, Pavilion of Mathematics and Informatics Image:Fmfi dvor od poslucharni.jpg, Park between the pavilions Image:Fmfi informacna tabula.jpg, Map of the building

References

https://edurank.org/uni/comenius-university-in-bratislava/rankings/

External links

Official homepage

YouTube channel
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