University of Belgrade

The Department of Astronomy is a part of the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Belgrade.

It is contributing to the primary academic studies, master academic studies and PhD academic studies bringing students to the professional title of Bachelor, academic title of Master and scientific title of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of astronomy and astrophysics.

The University of Belgrade is a Partner-Country University in the AstroMundus consortium and within the Masters programme it is one of the universities of choice for the third and fourth semesters of the Masters course. Third semester courses for AstroMundus student at this University are organized in blocks from October 1st to December 31st to allow Partner-Country students with an EMJMD scholarship to complete the courses, while not exceeding a 3 months-stay as required by the scholarship regulations.

All studies are structured and made according to the Bologna Process. The Department has eight teaching staff members (two professors, four associate professors, two assistant professors) and four teaching assistants, which are providing high quality lectures, seminars and lab practices, and are always available for students. Additionally, a large part of Master and Ph.D. studies is performed together with the Astronomical Observatory Belgrade, which has eight research professors among its staff members. The Observatory scientific staff is involved in the education of the students during their Master and Ph.D. studies, providing courses and particularly supervising the Master and Ph.D. thesis work. The teaching staff is constantly upgrading the offered courses trying to update it to current scientific discoveries and theories, and introduce an interdisciplinary working approach. Every year international summer schools and one-day student workshops are organized with a special emphasis on the exchange of knowledge and experience with the students from University of Novi Sad. Moreover, on these events students have the opportunity to present their studies and research in a conference-like environment. Also, every two years we organize the Conference on Spectral Line Shapes in Astrophysics which is a high-level international conference aiming to bring together eminent scientists to review the present stage of investigation and our knowledge in this field. The conference is always organized in the near-by towns, therefore is easily accessible to students. All staff is involved in the internationally acknowledged scientific research in e.g. interstellar matter (shock waves, supernova remnants and planetary nebulae), extragalactic astronomy (spectroscopy of active galactic nuclei), celestial mechanics and dynamics of minor planets, solar physics, etc.

Moreover, the Department is tightly cooperating in the scientific research with the Astronomical Observatory Belgrade, an Associated Partner of the AstroMundus Consortium. The Faculty of Mathematics offers many classrooms and computer labs for the students, as well as the library. Moreover, students can use the library of the Astronomical Observatory as well as their computer cluster.

E-mail: astronom (AT) matf.bg.ac.rs