History The faculty of Mathematics and Informatics has its origins in the Department of Physics and Mathematics and was established in 1889 as a subdivision of the first Bulgarian Higher School. At that time the Department covered the preparation of teachers for the Bulgarian educational system in subjects like Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and later - the Natural Sciences. Lecturers who laid the foundations of higher education in mathematics were Anton Shourek, Vladislav Shak, Mihail Momtchilov, Ayanas Tinterov, Spiridon Ganev. With the growth of Sofia University in number of students and academic activities new faculties appear, among them the Faculty of Mathematics. In 1973 a new curriculum is introduced which gives students the opportunity to graduate with specialisation in mechanics and the Faculty is renamed into Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics.
Students graduate with a Master s Degree.
The Faculty is subdivided into 15 chairs and 1 laboratory which are responsible for teaching and research in their respective filds, as well as for the graduate and postgraduate programmes of individual students after their third year at the faculty. The Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics also offers courses in the fields of Mathematics, Informatics and Applied Mathematics in all the other faculties of the University of Sofia. The number of full-time students in the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics is about 2 500. The faculty also maintains a programme for external students.