Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade

Katedra za astronomiju, Matematički fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Beograd, Srbija His best works concern the theory of climate. Obs.

Although, more recently, astronomy has been taught at other universities in Serbia, the University of Belgrade is the only university in the country with a separate department of astronomy (within the Faculty of Mathematics). The beginning of higher university-like education in Serbia can be traced down to 1838, when the "Licej" (a kind of advanced secondary school) was founded in Kragujevac. The

"Licej" was separated from the "Gimnazija" in 1839 and transferred to Belgrade in 1841. Judging by the content of the textbooks, elements of astronomy were lectured at the "Licej". The traces of "physical" astronomy in its curricula can be found in the academic year 1854/55. The law of 1863, regulating the transformation of the "Licej" into the Grand School (a forerunner of the University), did not include teaching astronomy. This was corrected by the 1880 law on changes and annexes, which stipulated the astronomy to be taught together with meteorology. Nevertheless, lectures did not start until 1884 when Milan Nedeljković was elected suplent (supplementary lecturer) for these courses. He became a professor of the Grand School in 1886, the first director of the Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory in 1887 and an associate professor of the University after its foundation in 1905 (according to the new ranking). Professor Nedeljković's career was interrupted for one year, when the director and professor was Djordje Stanojević (1899/1900). When the University was founded, the Chair of Astronomy and Meteorology remained within the Faculty of Philosophy. If the year 1880 is taken to mark its foundation, the year 1924 marks the next step: separation of meteorology from astronomy. A great advance took place when Milutin Milanković was elected professor of the University of Belgrade in 1909. He taught subjects related to applied mathematics and remained a professor for more than four decades. He became the most famous Serbian astronomer of the XX century. Vojislav Mišković, who got his Ph.D. in stellar astronomy in France, became professor of the University of Belgrade in 1925. The new regulations of the Faculty of Philosophy introduced in 1925, for the first time treated astronomy as a separate teaching subject. The final educational scheme established a separate study group for astronomy in 1927. Mišković was also appointed director of the new Astronomical Observatory of the University of Belgrade which has grown into a modern institution under his supervision. The Observatory started working on its present location in 1932. The best of Mišković's later research was related to minor planets. After the foundation of the Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences within the frames of the University of Belgrade in 1947, the Chair of Celestial Mechanics and Astronomy was formed. After a short while, it changed the name into the Chair of Mechanics and Astronomy. The process of separation into chairs of Mechanics and of Astronomy started in 1960 and ended in 1962; therefore, this period can be taken as the time when a separate Chair of Astronomy is mentioned for the first time. The first Head of the new Chair of Astronomy, from 1964 to 1979, was Branislav Ševarlić. Following the reorganization of the Faculty of Sciences, the Chair of Astronomy became the Institute of Astronomy in 1971 and then the Department of Astronomy in 1995. It remained within the Faculty of Mathematics in the process of the last reorganization. (Adapted from a text by prof. dr Jelena Milogradov-Turin, published in Publ. Astron. Belgrade, No. 75 (2003), 289-292)

29/04/2026

Seminar: Đorđe Mijović "Application of machine learning in spectropolarimetric diagnostics of the Solar magnetic field", 12.05.2026, 18h, MATF, V sprat, 809.

15/04/2026

Seminar: Andrei Egorov "Dark matter phenomenon: general review and indirect searches", 28.04.2026, 18h, MATF, V sprat, 809.

Katedra za astronomiju, Matematički fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu

05/04/2026

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05/04/2026

Поводом тематске недеље је у OШ „Јован Миодраговић” проф. др Драгана Илић, шеф Катедре за астрономију, одржала инспиративно предавање на тему „Међу звездама“.💫

Том приликом је професорка открила ученицима тајне свемира и повела их на незаборавно путовање од учионице до опсерваторије „Вера Рубин“ у Чилеу. 🔭

Ова посета представља наставак сарадње Математичког факултета са школама, са циљем да се младима приближи наука, као и да се од најранијег узраста подстакну њихова радозналост и љубав према учењу. 💡📚

Захваљујемо се школи на позиву и професорки на сјајном предавању! ❤️

01/04/2026

Seminar: Tijana Šukilović "Homogenous pp-wave metrics on 4-dimensional Lorentz Lie groups", 14.04.2026, 18h, MATF, V sprat, 809.

20/03/2026

TRAJKO ANGELOV (1945-2026)

Naš dragi profesor, kolega i prijatelj dr Trajko Angelov preminuo je nakon kraće bolesti u sredu, 18. marta 2026, u 81. godini života.

Karijeru je započeo na Astronomskoj opservatoriji, da bi ubrzo prešao na tadašnji Institut, danas Katedru za astronomiju. Kao asistent, potom docent, vanredni i, konačno, redovni profesor Matematičkog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu, gde je ostao do penzionisanja, obrazovao je generacije i generacije naših astronoma i astrofizičara, nesebično deleći svoje znanje.

Vedrog duha, uvek odmeren, blag i pun razumevanja, širio je dobru energiju među svojim studentima i kolegama, koji su ga zauzvrat voleli i neizmerno cenili i poštovali. Njegov neočekivani odlazak, i u profesionalnom i u ljudskom smislu, predstavlja nenadoknadiv gubitak za srpsku astronomsku zajednicu. Hvala, dragi Trajče, počivaj u miru, među zvezdama...

18/03/2026

Seminar: Sergei Popov "Wide astrometric low-mass binaries with compact objects: neutron stars' evolution and appearance", 31.03.2026, 18h, MATF, V sprat, 809.

05/03/2026

Seminar: Nataša Pavlov "Ultra-diffuse galaxies in the IllustrisTNG cosmological simulation", 17.03.2026, 18h, MATF, V sprat, 809.

21/02/2026

Seminar: Edi Bon "Secular spectroscopic variability of active galactic nuclei: from accretion and broad-line region response to binary supermassive black holes modeling", 03.03.2026, 18h, MATF, V sprat, 809.

16/01/2026

Seminar: Anastasia Shlentsova "Lighting up a new standard candle: calibration of AGNs", 10.02.2026, 18h, MATF, V sprat, 809.

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31/12/2025

24/12/2025

Seminar: Darko Donevski "First identification of molecular gas and dust in passive galaxies with ALMA and JWST", 30.12.2025, 18h, MATF, V sprat, 809.

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