{"id":747,"date":"2023-10-20T14:18:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ujfi.fei.stuba.sk\/wordpress\/?page_id=747"},"modified":"2026-01-24T21:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:11:30","slug":"o-ustave","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ujfi.fei.stuba.sk\/en\/o-ustave\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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The institute was established on May 1, 2011 through the merger of the Department of Physics and the Department of Nuclear Physics and Technology. Within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, the institute carries out educational, research, and development activities within its field of expertise.<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Both former departments have a rich history, with each having been established as an independent unit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

History of the Department of Physics<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The history of the Department dates back to 1939, when the Institute of Technical Physics was established at STU (then SV\u0160T). Work began almost entirely from scratch. The inventory was extremely modest, and even the assigned rooms lacked furniture\u2014there were no desks or chairs, not even in the lecture hall. Initially, staffing the teaching process was also problematic, as there were too few lecturers for the number of enrolled students. All these issues were gradually resolved.\r\n\r\nThroughout its history, the Institute of Technical Physics (renamed the Department of Physics in 1950) provided the study program Solid State Physics as well as a wide range of courses for students across the entire SV\u0160T. These included Experimental Physics, Geometrical Optics, Physical Measuring Instruments, Fundamentals of Vector Calculus, Electromagnetic Theory of Light, Seminar in Theoretical Physics, Atomic Structure, Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory of Gases, Heat Theory, Physical Chemistry, and Atomic Physics.\r\n\r\nThe development of the department was slowed in the late 1970s by a restructuring of university studies. As a result, the total number of lectures in the basic physics course was reduced from up to 240 hours to 120 hours. Unfortunately, this trend continued, and at present only 72 lecture hours are allocated to physics, spread over two semesters.\r\n\r\nAs the Department and SV\u0160T as a whole grew, the former Department of Physics underwent two divisions. After the completion of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, the Department of Physics relocated and provided instruction in the basic physics course as well as specialized subjects within the field of Electromaterials Engineering. Each year, 15 to 20 students successfully graduated, and since 1962 more than 500 engineers have obtained degrees in these fields. Nearly 200 of them earned the scientific degree CSc (PhD), and 10 achieved the degree DrSc. Many went on to become leaders of scientific research teams and held significant positions in various institutions and internationally renowned laboratories abroad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n