University of Belgrade - Faculty of Mathematics (UB-MatF, http://www.matf.bg.ac.rs) is a leading institution of higher education and research in mathematics and related fields. It was founded in 1873, however higher education in mathematics exists already for about two hundred years in Serbia. UB-MatF includes around 150 professors and teaching assistants with about 2100 active students. UB-MatF organizes and coordinates didactic and research activities in mathematics, computer science and astronomy. It has three main study programs on all levels (bachelor, master and PhD): Mathematics, Informatics and Astronomy & Astrophysics, which are regulated in accordance with Bologna principles. In addition, UB-MatF promotes multidisciplinary joint studies in collaboration with other institutions, i.e. Master studies: Industry 4.0 with the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bioinformatics with the Faculty of Biology, Art and Design of Video Games with the University of Arts.

UB-MatF provides research facilities and support to host early stage researchers and postdocs, as well as to provide best possible study and research environment to its students (e.g, with the latest computer stations, digital library eLibrary, repository of research results, https://research.matf.bg.ac.rs/, etc.). UB-MatF has ten fully equipped student computer labs, and the server room with the following computing, networking and storage infrastructure: the SUPERAST computer cluster of ~80 nodes (80 CPUs, 128GB RAM, 2x256GB SSD (OS), 2x1.2TB HDD (STORAGE), 3 DP GFLOPs), Server Fujitsu Primergy RX2540 M5 12LFF (CPU: 2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5218R 2.1 GHz/20-core, 192GB RAM, 12x128GB extended memory), IBM FlashSystem 5200 Storage device (4x4.8 TB SSD), “Jason” (AMD Opteron 6168, 2GHz, 4 CPUs (12cores), 96GB RAM, 2x1TB). UB-MatF increases its computational resources through direct access to national HPC facility through the cooperation agreement with the National AI Platform (https://www.ai.gov.rs/tekst/en/95/national-ai-platform.php )

The quality of research and studies in Mathematics at University of Belgrade (UB) are internationally acknowledged, according to the well-known world university ranking lists. From 2013, UB is among 500 universities on the prestigious Shanghai ranking list (ARWU) in the subject of Mathematics. The best result on ARWU ranking list was achieved 2013 and 2024, when we were ranked in the top 150 universities in the subject of Mathematics, and top 500 in Computer Science and Engineering. Since 2011, UB is in the top 200 universities on international ranking list prepared by National Taiwan University (NTU), which is focused on the quality of research activities and results. The best result on NTU ranking list was achieved 2014, when we were ranked in the top 85 universities in the subject of Mathematics.

UB-MatF fully supports research activities through nationally and internationally funded projects. It hosted 24 national projects (2011-2019), supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and 11 projects funded by the National Science Fund (PROMIS, IDEJE, PRIZMA). UB-MatF was (or still is) a partner in numerous international research projects, many of them funded by European Commission, i.e. Tempus and Erasmus Mundus projects directed to upgrading of teaching and studying programs on both undergraduate and graduate studies: “Science Teacher Education Revision and Upgrading” (TEMPUS CD-JEP-40053-2005, 2006-2009), “Teacher Education - Innovation of Studies in Mathematics and IT” (TEMPUS JEP-41110, 2007-2009), “Network education at Faculties of Science in Serbia” (SM_SCM-C024B06-2006, 2007-2008), “SEE Doctoral Studies in Mathematical Sciences” (144703-TEMPUS-1-2008-1-BATEMPUS-JPCR, 2009-2011), Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Programme in Astrophysics – “Astromundus” (EMMC FPA 2010-0135, 2011- 2020), Erasmus Mundus Joint “Master in Astrophysics and Space Science - MASS” (101050044 ERASMUS-EDU-2021 PEX-EMJM-MOB, 2021-2026, FP7 project “Central and South-Еast Еuropеаn Resources – CESAR” (project no. 271022, 2011-2013). Within ERASMUS+ KA2, UB-MatF participated in two projects (2018-2022): “Strengthening Teaching Competences in Higher Education in Natural and Mathematical Sciences – TeCOMP”, and “Advanced Data Analytics in Business – ADA”. Within FP7, H2020 and Horizon Europe framework, UB-MatF participated in projects within Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action: “Fall in Love with Science Tonight- FLIRT” (project no. 633398, 2014-2015), Initial Training Networks (ITN) “Stardust-The Asteroid and Space Debris Network” (project no. 317185, 2013-2017), ITN STARDUST-Reloaded (project no. 813644, 2019-2022), Doctoral Networks “Time-domain Analysis to study the Life-cycle and Evolution of Supermassive black holes” – TALES (project no. 101168906, 2025-2029).

UB-MatF has rich experience in projects from different COST actions: “Polarization as a tool to study the Solar System and beyond” (MP1104, 2011-2015), “Rich-Model Toolkit - An Infrastructure for Reliable Computer Systems” (IC0901, 2009 -2013), “The European research network on types for programming and verification - EUTypes” (CA1512, from 2016-2020), “Chemical Elements as Tracers of the Evolution of the Cosmos” (CA16117, 2017-2022), “Revealing the Milky Way with Gaia” (CA18104, 2019-2023), ”Text, functional and other high-dimensional data in econometrics: New models, methods, applications" (CA21163, 2022-2026), “European Network For Gender Balance in Informatics” - EUGAIN (CA19122, 2020-2024), “Non-globular proteins in the era of Machine Learning” - ML4NGP (CA21160, 2022-2026), “European Research Network on Formal Proofs” -EuroProofNet (CA20111, 2020-2025).  

International cooperation is also developed through numerous bilateral projects: “Decision Procedures: from Formalizations to Applications” (SCOPES program, 2010-2013, with University in Lousanne), "Modeling of the genetic code and applications" (2009-2010, with Centre National de la Rechearche Scientifique, France), „Formalization and automatization of geometry“ (Foundation “Pavle Savić”, 2011-2013), bilateral project with Mathematical Institute Sobolev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk (from 2016), two bilateral projects with Astronomical Observatory in Rožen, Bulgaria (from 2017), „Time-domain astrophysics and active galactic nuclei structure “ (2019-2020, with University of Goettingen), “Modelling Complex Data: Selection and Specification” (2023-2025, with Institute of technology, Karlsruhe), “Data Story about Dementia” (2024-2025, with Complexity Science Hub, Austria), and many institutional agreements such as with the University of Cyprus, University of Maribor, University of California Riverside, University of Naples Frederico II, University of Crna Gora, and University of East Sarajevo. Exchange of students and teachers is performed through several ERASMUS+ KA1 projects with University Heidelberg, University Giessen, University Roma Tre, University in Coimbra, University in Ljubljana, University of Primorska, University of Padova, University of Ioannina, University of Macedonia, UNIWA Athens, University of Alcala de Henares, National Polytechnic Institute of Touluse, etc.

As the number of mobilities and applications for local and international projects is constantly increasing, UB-MatF is in the process of establishing its administrative research project office, which will provide support for all legal and financial issues to hosted projects.