Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
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Bratislava
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, the capital of Slovakia
Slovakia
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The Faculty was created in 1980 by separating from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, having the name Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (Matematicko-fyzikálna fakulta). It was renamed to contemporary name in 2000.
It provides university education in mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
and informatics
Informatics (academic field)
Informatics is the science of information, the practice of information processing, and the engineering of information systems. Informatics studies the structure, algorithms, behavior, and interactions of natural and artificial systems that store, process, access and communicate information...
(Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
) as well as teacher training in subjects related to these branches of study.
As a rule, in each of the mathematics, physics and computer science branches the first and the second year are common and from the third year students can choose different specializations.
After five years of study the students can attain the Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
degree. There is also a bachelor
Bachelor
A bachelor is a man above the age of majority who has never been married . Unlike his female counterpart, the spinster, a bachelor may have had children...
branch of study.
Mathematics
The main specializations offered in mathematics are:- Mathematical Analysis
- Numerical Analysis and Optimalization
- Probability and Mathematical Statistics
- Mathematical Structures
- Computer Graphics and Geometry.
The students of mathematics can choose in addition to their main specialization minor one, for example Econometry and Control, Actuarial Mathematics or Computer Science for Mathematicians.
Students of mathematics can decide also for 2 special branches differing since the first year of study:
- Economical and Financial Mathematics, and
- Mathematics and Management (this branch being provided together with the Faculty of Management).
Physics
Physics offers the following specializations:- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Biophysics and Molecular Physics
- Electronics
- Plasma Physics
- Solid State Physics
- Geophysics
- Nuclear and Subnuclear Physics
- Meteorology and Climatology
- Optics and Optoelectronics
- Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
- Applied Physics.
Students of Physics can also follow 2 special branches since the first year of study:
- Environmental Physics, and
- Biomedical Physics that is provided together with the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University.
Computer science
The study of Computer Science offers specializations in two principal areas:- Theoretical Computer Science (Department of Computer Science, FPMI, Comenius UniversityDepartment of Computer Science, FPMI, Comenius UniversityThe Department of Computer Science is a department of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics at the Comenius University in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is headed by Prof. RNDr...
), - Applied Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics, Programming Systems).