Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences
Dean: Prof. Maurizio Paolini
Those who choose to enrol in the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences are not satisfied with staying on the surface, but prefer to get to the bottom of things: the desire and passion to understand and deepen are the fundamental characteristics of this faculty and of those who choose to be part of it, embarking on a rather demanding path full of stimuli and opportunities.
Galileo said that "the universe is written in mathematical language". It is a wonderful mystery that makes mathematics the ideal tool for understanding the world
The Faculty was founded in 1971 with the degree programme in Mathematics, first with the didactic specialization, then with the applicative and general specialization, which since 1997 have been followed by the degree programmes in Physics and Computer Science.
Starting from the academic year 2021/2022, the activities of the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences take place mainly on the new Campus in Mompiano. There are spaces for teaching and for the Computer Science and Physics laboratories (for teaching and research) including the Physics of Matter laboratories, set up with the contribution of the National Institute for Physics of Matter and where the teaching and research activities of the Faculty are carried out.
Since its inception, the Faculty has strived, within the framework of legal regulations, to provide an up-to-date and quality training offer.
In the various steps of reform of the university regulations, the Faculty Council has gradually adapted and enriched the educational offer by adhering to the following criteria:
- maintain a high level of basic preparation, covering all levels of university education up to the PhD, in order to attract students oriented towards a high quality preparation;
- identify some professional training paths, which are part of the Faculty's tradition and also constitute an opening to the various applications of the sciences to the needs of today's society.
Today, the Faculty can offer its students a much broader perspective and the opportunity to gain important study and research experience in the best European and non-European universities. The increasingly strong connection with the world of work makes it a path full of stimuli, suitable for those who not only love numbers and theorems, but also want to learn - like Niccolò Tartaglia, the famous mathematician from Brescia in the 1500s - to use them as a cognitive tool of the reality that surrounds them.
I believe that the contemporary university, while it has the duty to collaborate for the progress of the sciences and to follow the methodology required by each of them, must never put in second place what requires the recognition of its primacy, that is, man, the human person, the world of spirituality