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. Three members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts have been elected from among the ranks of the professors of this Faculty. The Institute of Meteorology is composed of the Chair of General Meteorology, and the Chair of Dynamic Meteorology.
Studies last four academic years, namely eight semesters.
Studies of meteorology are organized within a single meteorology major. Specialized studies are organized within the aforementioned areas, but these studies depend on the candidates interest. 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.