Comenius University Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics

Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky
	Building of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
Former names	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (Slovak: Matematicko-fyzikálna fakulta)
Type	Faculty
Established	1980
Parent institution	Comenius University
Dean	Prof. RNDr. Daniel Ševčovič, DrSc.
Students	1644 (2015)
Doctoral students	169 (2015)
Location	Bratislava, Slovakia
Website	fmph.uniba.sk

The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics (FMPH; Slovak: FMFI; Slovak: Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky; colloquial: Matfyz) is one of 13 faculties of the Comenius University in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The faculty provides higher education in mathematics, physics and informatics, 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 (Slovak: Matematicko-fyzikálna fakulta). 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).^[2]

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 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.^[3]

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; Slovak: Študentská komora Akademického senátu FMFI UK) 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 (Slovak: Beánia Matfyzákov), Christmas cabbage soup and punch (Slovak: Vianočná kapustnica a punč), Ball of FMFI UK, Doors Open Day and Freshers' week. ŠKAS also maintains a student room Cauchy Clubroom (Slovak: Cauchyho klubovňa), various free time facilities at the faculty and publishes an online guidebook for new students.