Bakı Dövlət Universiteti Tətbiqi riyaziyyat və kibernetika fakültəsi

The Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics was established in 1972 under the instructions and personal patronage of the founder of the independent Republic of Azerbaijan, the national leader Heydar Aliyev. The Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics (until September 1992, "Applied Mathematics"), established on the basis of the departments of "Applied Mathematics", "Mathematical Physics Equations" and "Theoretical Mechanics" of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics and two groups of students, has developed and become one of the leading faculties of the university. Since its establishment, the faculty has trained personnel in the specialties of "Applied Mathematics", and since 1991 - "Economic Cybernetics". Since 2009, personnel have been trained in the specialties of "Computer Science" and "Informatics Teaching". Since 2021, personnel have been trained in the specialty of "Information Security".
The faculty was successively headed by the late associate professor Mustafa Ali oglu Valiyev (1972-1988), the late academician Mirabbas Goyja oglu Gasimov (1989), the late professor Rizvan Teymur oglu Pashayev (1989-1999, 2005-2007), full member of ANAS, professor Yusif Abulfat oglu Mammadov (2000-2004), full member of ANAS, professor Mahammad Farman oglu Mehdiyev (2008-2024). Each of them has made invaluable contributions to the development of the faculty and the achievement of successes in the field of education and science. Currently, the faculty is headed by professor Alakbar Ali Agha oglu Aliyev. 
The faculty pays special attention to the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel. The faculty regularly holds scientific seminars, and not only faculty employees, but also employees of other faculties and scientific research institutions participate in these seminars. The Faculty Scientific Council consists of 19 people (1 academician, 7 professors, 10 associate professors, 1 student). 
The Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics has 1,732 students studying at the bachelor's level in 3 specialties ("Computer Science", "Informatics Teaching", "Information Security"), 136 master's students studying at the master's level in 18 specializations, and 8 doctoral students studying at the doctoral level (PhD, Doctor of Science programs), totaling 1,876 people. The faculty consists of 8 departments ("Information Technologies and Programming", "Economic Cybernetics", "Optimization and Management", "Informatics", "Applied Mathematics", "Mathematical Physics Equations", "Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics", "Mathematical Cybernetics".) Personnel training at the faculty is carried out on the basis of basic educational programs in relevant specialties, developed on the basis of curricula approved by the rector in consultation with the University's Scientific Council. 
The faculty's full-time teaching staff in the 2024/2025 academic year consisted of 69 people. Of these, 2 (3%) are academicians, 14 (20%) are doctors of sciences and professors, 47 (68%) are doctors of philosophy and associate professors, and 6 (9%) are senior teachers and lecturers. In 2024, the faculty's teaching staff conducted scientific research on 11 topics in the areas of Mathematics and Computer Science based on the approved subject plan. In 2024, the faculty published 1 monograph, 10 textbooks and teaching aids, 26 subject programs and methodological aids, 118 scientific articles: 80 articles abroad (36 articles in impact factor journals). In 2024, 17 articles were published in Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 quartile category journals (Q1- 3, Q2- 5, Q3- 4, Q4- 5). 
Currently, 7 people are continuing their doctoral studies in the faculty under the Doctor of Philosophy program and 1 person under the Doctor of Science program. In 2024, 14 people defended their dissertations in the FD 2.17 Dissertation Council operating under the faculty: 4 Doctors of Science, 10 Doctors of Philosophy. The faculty, departments and employees have 171 computers, 23 printers and 14 projectors, 2 Smart TVs and 3 smart boards. All computers at the faculty have access to the Internet. The Korean Information Support Center, equipped with modern computers, is available to students and researchers at the faculty, which plays an important role in the preparation of personnel meeting modern standards. The faculty has relations with many scientific and educational institutions located in the former USSR. Among them are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Rostov, Kiev, Belarus, Tbilisi, Riga State Universities, Steklov Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mathematics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Energy Institute, Voronezh State Technical University, Institutes of Mathematics, Cybernetics, Problems of Mathematical Machines and Systems of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Vinnitsa Technical University of Ukraine, Belarusian Institute of Mathematics and others. At the same time, the USA, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, France, Spain, Czech Republic, Israel, Turkey, Iran