The Department of Mathematics at the Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, provides tuition of mathematical disciplines in fields which are focused on applying mathematics in practice. The fields are Applied Mathematics, Mathematics Applied in Economics, Mathematical and Computer Methods of Information Processing, and Investment Counselling. These fields can be studied as Bachelor or follow-up Master’s degrees (Investment Counselling is available only as a Bachelor programme). The doctoral study programme offers Applied Mathematics, Applied Algebra, and Fuzzy Modelling. Bachelor and doctoral degrees can also be studied in combined (part-distance) form.

Applicants interested in studying mathematics together with another major can apply for the Bachelor degree programme Mathematics (in combination with another major). Students define their own profile during their studies by choosing from a range of partially optional and fully optional subjects. This degree is mainly intended for applicants considering the follow-up Master’s degree programme Teaching Mathematics for Secondary Schools (as a single major or in combination with another major).

The Department also offers several lifelong learning courses for teachers who want to extend their qualifications. The courses are Supplementary Studies of Mathematics – adding Mathematics as an extra subject or adding a qualification for a different type of school.

Main areas of research at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Ostrava

• Geometric methods in differential equations and mathematical physics.
• Global variational analysis.
• Irrationality and transcendence and their applications.
• Measures of size and distribution of sequences of natural numbers.
• Theory of fuzzy logic, its formal and algebraic aspects, fuzzy approximation, applications to control of technological processes, decision-making, computer science etc.
• Theory of linear programming in general vector spaces and related areas.
• Theory of ordered algebraic structures, algebraic number theory, applications of category theory.