About Faculty

The Faculty was first established as the Division of Basic Sciences in 1972. Its objective was to offer basic science courses required by other faculties in the University. In 1975, the status of the division was upgraded to a faculty, and named the Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies.

Since then the faculty has gone through several restructuring processes, including the setting up of the Department of Environmental Sciences and the Department of Computer Sciences which later were upgraded to form two new faculties, and the transfer of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology to the newly formed Faculty of Biotechnology and Bimolecular Sciences. Ever since the restructuring, the faculty has been renamed as the Faculty of Science in 2004.

Goals

To attract outstanding students and to produce knowledgeable and competitive graduates

To elevate achievements in research and innovation to international levels

To intensify community involvement for the generation and sharing of knowledge

To strengthen UPM as a centre of excellence in education, research and services in agriculture and tropical bio resources

To improve the governance and management of resources

To reinforce the Graduate School of Management’s position as the Top Business School (TBS)

The mission of the Department of Mathematics is to be an exemplary provider of education in modern mathematics based on research and innovative teaching and to pursue outstanding research in mathematics and statistics. It provides training which is focused on fields of research of current interest so as to forge and support excellence. The outstanding results achieved are evidenced by consistent contribution to various scholarly journals by the academic staff and through their performance in consultancy work. The Department has interests in many areas of mathematical science, including Algebra, Numerical Analysis, Financial Mathematics, Differential Equations, Graph Theory, Probability Theory, Survival Analysis, Spatial Time Series, Experimental Design and Robust Statistics. It conducts research that supports the on-going development of theoretical mathematical science, simultaneously promoting the interdisciplinary use of mathematics and statistics in science, engineering and other fields. In addition to collaboration with postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, and graduate and undergraduate students, Department members enjoy close collaborative relationships with scientists from other departments and research institutes, nationally and internationally. Many Department members are affiliated to the Institute of Mathematical Research (INSPEM).

This course is focusing about Mathematics.