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THE FACULTY OF PHYSICS


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Address:
Studentski trg 12-16
11000 BELGRADE
Telephone: (011) 630-152
Fax: (011) 632-133

Dean:
Professor Dr. Ilija Savi}

Vice deans:
Professor Dr. Milan Damnjanovi}
Professor Dr. Dragomir Krpi}
Professor Dr. Aleksandar Sre}kovi}

Detailed information in Serbian



ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

The study of physics, as one of the sciences, commenced in Serbia rather early. As early as 1859, a Science and Engineering Department was formed at the Belgrade Lycée which included the instruction of physics in addition to other sciences.

After the Lycée became the Superior School (Velika [kola), physics developed within the framework of the Faculty of Philosophy of the School. In 1873, the Science and Mathematics Department was founded within that Faculty, and sciences were studied there until the formation of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics of the University of Belgrade in 1947.

The Faculty of Physics acquired the status of an autonomous faculty in 1995, by constituting its own managing body and enacting its Statute.

In 1949, development commenced of the Department of Meteorology which gradually grew into a separate instructional and research unit intended for schooling professionals in the area of meteorology.

Since its founding, 1,415 students have graduated, at this Faculty while a master's degree was obtained by 378 candidates; a doctoral degree was earned by 225 candidates.

Three members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts have been elected from among the ranks of the professors of this Faculty.



INTERNAL ORGANIZATION

Educational, research and expert activities at this Faculty are organized within the framework of two institutes: the Institute of Physics, and the Institute of Meteorology. The following chairs make up the Institute of Physics: the Chair of General First-Year Courses of Physics; the Chair of General Second-Year Courses of Physics; the Chair of Nucleus and Particle Physics; the Chair of Atomic, Molecular, Ionized Gas, Plasma and Quantum Optics Physics; the Chair of the Physics of Condensed State; the Chair of Theoretical Mechanics, Statistical Physics, and Electrodynamics; the Chair of Quantum and Mathematical Physics; the Chair of Metrology and Applied Physics; and the Chair of Methodological and Pedagogical Subjects, the History and Philosophy of Sciences.

The Institute of Meteorology is composed of the Chair of General Meteorology, and the Chair of Dynamic Meteorology.



TEACHING STAFF

Teaching and research activities at this Faculty are carried out by 19 full professors, 15 associate professors, 9 assistant professors, 22 assistants, and 22 junior assistants.



UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

Tthe UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES enrolment capacity is about 400 first-year students.

Studies last four academic years, namely eight semesters.

Studies of physics are organized within the framework of three majors: general physics, theoretical and experimental physics, and applied physics. Studies of meteorology are organized within a single meteorology major. The Faculty also has two two-subject majors: physics and the fundamentals of engineering, and physics and chemistry.

After graduating from this Faculty, depending on the group or major taken, a graduate acquires one of the following professional titles: professor of physics; graduate physicist; graduate physicist of applied physics; elementary school professor of physics and of the fundamentals of engineering; elementary school professor of physics and chemistry; and graduate meteorologist.



POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

The Faculty of Physics organizes M.S. studies and grants doctoral degrees in the following areas: classical, quantum, and mathematical physics; theoretical physics of elementary particles and gravity; theoretical physics of atoms and molecules; theoretical physics of ionized gases and plasma; theoretical physics of the condensed state of matter; experimental nuclear physics; experimental physics of atoms and molecules; experimental physics of ionized gases; experimental physics of condensed state of matter; quantum optics; instruction of physics; dynamic meteorology; weather analysis and forecast; the weather and climate of Yugoslavia; climatology and applied meteorology; the physics of clouds and artifical weather control.

Specialized studies are organized within the aforementioned areas, but these studies depend on the candidates interest.



LIBRARY AND OTHER FACILITIES

There are three libraries in this Faculty, located in three different buildings. Two of them provide literature in the area of physics, while the third supplies literature in the area of meteorology. The libraries holdings total more than 50,000 units. There are also reading rooms in these libraries.