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artment of Mathematics
With some of the world’s best researchers on board, the department strives to pass on
its excellent knowledge, emphasizes the importance of analytical thinking and pro-
vides all that is necessary for students to develop a strong sense for identification and
use of appropriate mathematical approaches, techniques and tools in given problem-
solving situations. Our undergraduate programme Mathematics already attracted
some of the most talented students of their generation, among them Ratko Darda
from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who joined us as an international student. »I like the
fact that I can freely talk to professors and ask them for help when I need it and the op-
portunity to do research at my age feels great, too!«, says Darda, who, among other suc-
cesses, won a silver medal at the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2012 in Turkey and
a bronze medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad 2012 in Argentina. After
graduating at UP FAMNIT, Ratko decided to continue his stadies at Paris Diderot
University in France.
Sergio Hiroki Koike Quintanar, a Mexican who finished undergraduate studies at the
National University of Mexico, and the doctoral programme Mathematical Scienc
es at UP FAMNIT, came here because »it was a great opportunity for me to continue
my studies in one of the strongest research groups from the field of Algebraic Graph The-
ory. For someone coming from abroad, FAMNIT is also a very friendly and hospitable
institution«.
Our mathematicians, in cooperation with the representatives of all Slovene mathe-
matical research institutions, were granted the honour to organise the 8th European
Congress of Mathematics in 2020 (8ecm.si), which will be attended by approximately
1,000 researchers and doctoral students. This is a major success for Slovenian mathe-
maticians and science in general, as such an important event has not yet been hosted
in Slovenia.
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With some of the world’s best researchers on board, the department strives to pass on
its excellent knowledge, emphasizes the importance of analytical thinking and pro-
vides all that is necessary for students to develop a strong sense for identification and
use of appropriate mathematical approaches, techniques and tools in given problem-
solving situations. Our undergraduate programme Mathematics already attracted
some of the most talented students of their generation, among them Ratko Darda
from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who joined us as an international student. »I like the
fact that I can freely talk to professors and ask them for help when I need it and the op-
portunity to do research at my age feels great, too!«, says Darda, who, among other suc-
cesses, won a silver medal at the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2012 in Turkey and
a bronze medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad 2012 in Argentina. After
graduating at UP FAMNIT, Ratko decided to continue his stadies at Paris Diderot
University in France.
Sergio Hiroki Koike Quintanar, a Mexican who finished undergraduate studies at the
National University of Mexico, and the doctoral programme Mathematical Scienc
es at UP FAMNIT, came here because »it was a great opportunity for me to continue
my studies in one of the strongest research groups from the field of Algebraic Graph The-
ory. For someone coming from abroad, FAMNIT is also a very friendly and hospitable
institution«.
Our mathematicians, in cooperation with the representatives of all Slovene mathe-
matical research institutions, were granted the honour to organise the 8th European
Congress of Mathematics in 2020 (8ecm.si), which will be attended by approximately
1,000 researchers and doctoral students. This is a major success for Slovenian mathe-
maticians and science in general, as such an important event has not yet been hosted
in Slovenia.
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