Dean Miranovic: No Serious Dealing with Science without Linking with the World Scientific and Research Centers

The Faculty of Science and Mathematics of the University of Montenegro is the leader in research conducted in Montenegro, when it comes to cooperation with the European organization for nuclear research- CERN. At this faculty, generations of future professors of biology, physics, mathematics, computing sciences, as well as scientists and researchers to whom the doors of the European and world research centers are being opened, are developed at the Faculty.

We talked with Dean of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Predrag Miranovic, PhD on concrete experiences, cooperation with the CERN, student successes and popularization of natural sciences among high school students.

UoM: What is the experience of physicists and young programmers who have had the opportunity attend the CERN Summer School?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: Each year, an opportunity for several students of the final years of studies in physics, programming and engineering sciences to take part in the CERN Summer School is provided. Although it is nominally a physics school, it is equally important, if not more important, the experience they gain by learning about work and staying in a large and organized physics laboratory, introducing with peers from all over the world who share similar interests. Every stay in the other educational and scientific environment, and especially at the top level of the CERN, leaves a positive mark on the students.

Two students, who attended the Summer school, enrolled PhD studies: Engineer Amar Kapic from the FEE, enrolled PhD studies at the prestigious Federal University of Technology in Lausanne, and received the CERN scholarship, while physicist Jelena Mijuskovic, PhD student both at the University of Montenegro and at the University of Paris, is the scholarship holder of scholarships awarded by the Ministry of Science and the University of Paris. We expect that another student of physics, a summer school student at the CERN, will follow their steps. There is no doubt that their commitment was positively influenced by the stay at CERN's summer school.

UoM: In addition to the CERN, which other scientific research centers cooperate with PMF? What does this cooperation mean for students and young researchers?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: It is a strategic priority for the Ministry of Science to connect researchers from Montenegro to top world and European laboratories. In addition to institutional cooperation with the CERN in the field of physics, cooperation with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL has been initiated, and we expect that students of biology and medicine will benefit from this cooperation.

UoM: The Faculty of Science and Mathematics in cooperation with the Society of Mathematicians and Physicists of Montenegro is the organizer of the Knowledge Olympiad for the eleventh time in a row. This year, the International lesson of particle physics Masterclass for secondary school students was organized. To what extent are these events influence them to enroll the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: During the enrollment, high school graduates are mostly managed by their own affinities, they enroll what they would like to do in life. A lot of the influence on commitment have recommendations from current or former students. The Olympiad of Knowledge, the School of Programming, the Masterclass in Physics, the Days of Biology and Chemistry and similar manifestations are just working in order to popularize natural science, mathematics and programming, in order to evoke interest and curiosity, discover hidden talent in students, which ultimately directs the participants of these manifestations not only to the FSM, but also to the technical and medical sciences.

 UoM: What did the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics undertake in order to improve practical teaching and which door does it open for students of your faculty?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: Even before the Law on Higher Education defined a compulsory practical training in the study programs Physics and Biology and Mathematics that educate, among others, future teachers, there existed and still exists duty of all students to spend a period on practical work in elementary and secondary schools. There are Laboratory practices at the study program Physics in each year of the study that not only serve to demonstrate physical effects but to make students, future teachers familiar with equipment and exercises that they can meet at school. Circumstantially, many students of Computing already work and gain practical experience in their final years, but they also have the opportunity to complete their examination tasks through specific project tasks.

UoM: Humanitarian actions of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics are noticeable...

DEAN MIRANOVIC: It is necessary to teach students not to measure all material things in life, and that some things should be done not for personal interest, but for the common good. What is a bit for us, it is a lot for someone. Unselfish giving is a virtue needed to be especially appreciated and elevated.

UoM: What kind of activity (project) of the Faculty would you particularly like to emphasize?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: I would not rank professors and their projects, but I am particularly pleased that a large number of professors and associates have dedicated themselves to research work, which is seen not only by the number of applications, but by the number of projects gained, which is why w

The Faculty of Science and Mathematics of the University of Montenegro is the leader in research conducted in Montenegro, when it comes to cooperation with the European organization for nuclear research- CERN. At this faculty, generations of future professors of biology, physics, mathematics, computing sciences, as well as scientists and researchers to whom the doors of the European and world research centers are being opened, are developed at the Faculty.

We talked with Dean of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Predrag Miranovic, PhD on concrete experiences, cooperation with the CERN, student successes and popularization of natural sciences among high school students.

UoM: What is the experience of physicists and young programmers who have had the opportunity attend the CERN Summer School?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: Each year, an opportunity for several students of the final years of studies in physics, programming and engineering sciences to take part in the CERN Summer School is provided. Although it is nominally a physics school, it is equally important, if not more important, the experience they gain by learning about work and staying in a large and organized physics laboratory, introducing with peers from all over the world who share similar interests. Every stay in the other educational and scientific environment, and especially at the top level of the CERN, leaves a positive mark on the students.

Two students, who attended the Summer school, enrolled PhD studies: Engineer Amar Kapic from the FEE, enrolled PhD studies at the prestigious Federal University of Technology in Lausanne, and received the CERN scholarship, while physicist Jelena Mijuskovic, PhD student both at the University of Montenegro and at the University of Paris, is the scholarship holder of scholarships awarded by the Ministry of Science and the University of Paris. We expect that another student of physics, a summer school student at the CERN, will follow their steps. There is no doubt that their commitment was positively influenced by the stay at CERN's summer school.

UoM: In addition to the CERN, which other scientific research centers cooperate with PMF? What does this cooperation mean for students and young researchers?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: It is a strategic priority for the Ministry of Science to connect researchers from Montenegro to top world and European laboratories. In addition to institutional cooperation with the CERN in the field of physics, cooperation with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL has been initiated, and we expect that students of biology and medicine will benefit from this cooperation.

UoM: The Faculty of Science and Mathematics in cooperation with the Society of Mathematicians and Physicists of Montenegro is the organizer of the Knowledge Olympiad for the eleventh time in a row. This year, the International lesson of particle physics Masterclass for secondary school students was organized. To what extent are these events influence them to enroll the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: During the enrollment, high school graduates are mostly managed by their own affinities, they enroll what they would like to do in life. A lot of the influence on commitment have recommendations from current or former students. The Olympiad of Knowledge, the School of Programming, the Masterclass in Physics, the Days of Biology and Chemistry and similar manifestations are just working in order to popularize natural science, mathematics and programming, in order to evoke interest and curiosity, discover hidden talent in students, which ultimately directs the participants of these manifestations not only to the FSM, but also to the technical and medical sciences.

 UoM: What did the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics undertake in order to improve practical teaching and which door does it open for students of your faculty?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: Even before the Law on Higher Education defined a compulsory practical training in the study programs Physics and Biology and Mathematics that educate, among others, future teachers, there existed and still exists duty of all students to spend a period on practical work in elementary and secondary schools. There are Laboratory practices at the study program Physics in each year of the study that not only serve to demonstrate physical effects but to make students, future teachers familiar with equipment and exercises that they can meet at school. Circumstantially, many students of Computing already work and gain practical experience in their final years, but they also have the opportunity to complete their examination tasks through specific project tasks.

UoM: Humanitarian actions of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics are noticeable...

DEAN MIRANOVIC: It is necessary to teach students not to measure all material things in life, and that some things should be done not for personal interest, but for the common good. What is a bit for us, it is a lot for someone. Unselfish giving is a virtue needed to be especially appreciated and elevated.

UoM: What kind of activity (project) of the Faculty would you particularly like to emphasize?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: I would not rank professors and their projects, but I am particularly pleased that a large number of professors and associates have dedicated themselves to research work, which is seen not only by the number of applications, but by the number of projects gained, which is why w

The Faculty of Science and Mathematics of the University of Montenegro is the leader in research conducted in Montenegro, when it comes to cooperation with the European organization for nuclear research- CERN. At this faculty, generations of future professors of biology, physics, mathematics, computing sciences, as well as scientists and researchers to whom the doors of the European and world research centers are being opened, are developed at the Faculty.

We talked with Dean of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Predrag Miranovic, PhD on concrete experiences, cooperation with the CERN, student successes and popularization of natural sciences among high school students.

UoM: What is the experience of physicists and young programmers who have had the opportunity attend the CERN Summer School?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: Each year, an opportunity for several students of the final years of studies in physics, programming and engineering sciences to take part in the CERN Summer School is provided. Although it is nominally a physics school, it is equally important, if not more important, the experience they gain by learning about work and staying in a large and organized physics laboratory, introducing with peers from all over the world who share similar interests. Every stay in the other educational and scientific environment, and especially at the top level of the CERN, leaves a positive mark on the students.

Two students, who attended the Summer school, enrolled PhD studies: Engineer Amar Kapic from the FEE, enrolled PhD studies at the prestigious Federal University of Technology in Lausanne, and received the CERN scholarship, while physicist Jelena Mijuskovic, PhD student both at the University of Montenegro and at the University of Paris, is the scholarship holder of scholarships awarded by the Ministry of Science and the University of Paris. We expect that another student of physics, a summer school student at the CERN, will follow their steps. There is no doubt that their commitment was positively influenced by the stay at CERN's summer school.

UoM: In addition to the CERN, which other scientific research centers cooperate with PMF? What does this cooperation mean for students and young researchers?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: It is a strategic priority for the Ministry of Science to connect researchers from Montenegro to top world and European laboratories. In addition to institutional cooperation with the CERN in the field of physics, cooperation with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL has been initiated, and we expect that students of biology and medicine will benefit from this cooperation.

UoM: The Faculty of Science and Mathematics in cooperation with the Society of Mathematicians and Physicists of Montenegro is the organizer of the Knowledge Olympiad for the eleventh time in a row. This year, the International lesson of particle physics Masterclass for secondary school students was organized. To what extent are these events influence them to enroll the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: During the enrollment, high school graduates are mostly managed by their own affinities, they enroll what they would like to do in life. A lot of the influence on commitment have recommendations from current or former students. The Olympiad of Knowledge, the School of Programming, the Masterclass in Physics, the Days of Biology and Chemistry and similar manifestations are just working in order to popularize natural science, mathematics and programming, in order to evoke interest and curiosity, discover hidden talent in students, which ultimately directs the participants of these manifestations not only to the FSM, but also to the technical and medical sciences.

 UoM: What did the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics undertake in order to improve practical teaching and which door does it open for students of your faculty?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: Even before the Law on Higher Education defined a compulsory practical training in the study programs Physics and Biology and Mathematics that educate, among others, future teachers, there existed and still exists duty of all students to spend a period on practical work in elementary and secondary schools. There are Laboratory practices at the study program Physics in each year of the study that not only serve to demonstrate physical effects but to make students, future teachers familiar with equipment and exercises that they can meet at school. Circumstantially, many students of Computing already work and gain practical experience in their final years, but they also have the opportunity to complete their examination tasks through specific project tasks.

UoM: Humanitarian actions of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics are noticeable...

DEAN MIRANOVIC: It is necessary to teach students not to measure all material things in life, and that some things should be done not for personal interest, but for the common good. What is a bit for us, it is a lot for someone. Unselfish giving is a virtue needed to be especially appreciated and elevated.

UoM: What kind of activity (project) of the Faculty would you particularly like to emphasize?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: I would not rank professors and their projects, but I am particularly pleased that a large number of professors and associates have dedicated themselves to research work, which is seen not only by the number of applications, but by the number of projects gained, which is why w

The Faculty of Science and Mathematics of the University of Montenegro is the leader in research conducted in Montenegro, when it comes to cooperation with the European organization for nuclear research- CERN. At this faculty, generations of future professors of biology, physics, mathematics, computing sciences, as well as scientists and researchers to whom the doors of the European and world research centers are being opened, are developed at the Faculty.

We talked with Dean of the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Predrag Miranovic, PhD on concrete experiences, cooperation with the CERN, student successes and popularization of natural sciences among high school students.

UoM: What is the experience of physicists and young programmers who have had the opportunity attend the CERN Summer School?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: Each year, an opportunity for several students of the final years of studies in physics, programming and engineering sciences to take part in the CERN Summer School is provided. Although it is nominally a physics school, it is equally important, if not more important, the experience they gain by learning about work and staying in a large and organized physics laboratory, introducing with peers from all over the world who share similar interests. Every stay in the other educational and scientific environment, and especially at the top level of the CERN, leaves a positive mark on the students.

Two students, who attended the Summer school, enrolled PhD studies: Engineer Amar Kapic from the FEE, enrolled PhD studies at the prestigious Federal University of Technology in Lausanne, and received the CERN scholarship, while physicist Jelena Mijuskovic, PhD student both at the University of Montenegro and at the University of Paris, is the scholarship holder of scholarships awarded by the Ministry of Science and the University of Paris. We expect that another student of physics, a summer school student at the CERN, will follow their steps. There is no doubt that their commitment was positively influenced by the stay at CERN's summer school.

UoM: In addition to the CERN, which other scientific research centers cooperate with PMF? What does this cooperation mean for students and young researchers?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: It is a strategic priority for the Ministry of Science to connect researchers from Montenegro to top world and European laboratories. In addition to institutional cooperation with the CERN in the field of physics, cooperation with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL has been initiated, and we expect that students of biology and medicine will benefit from this cooperation.

UoM: The Faculty of Science and Mathematics in cooperation with the Society of Mathematicians and Physicists of Montenegro is the organizer of the Knowledge Olympiad for the eleventh time in a row. This year, the International lesson of particle physics Masterclass for secondary school students was organized. To what extent are these events influence them to enroll the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: During the enrollment, high school graduates are mostly managed by their own affinities, they enroll what they would like to do in life. A lot of the influence on commitment have recommendations from current or former students. The Olympiad of Knowledge, the School of Programming, the Masterclass in Physics, the Days of Biology and Chemistry and similar manifestations are just working in order to popularize natural science, mathematics and programming, in order to evoke interest and curiosity, discover hidden talent in students, which ultimately directs the participants of these manifestations not only to the FSM, but also to the technical and medical sciences.

UoM: What did the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics undertake in order to improve practical teaching and which door does it open for students of your faculty?

DEAN MIRANOVIC:

Even before the Law on Higher Education defined a compulsory practical training in the study programs Physics and Biology and Mathematics that educate, among others, future teachers, there existed and still exists duty of all students to spend a period on practical work in elementary and secondary schools. There are Laboratory practices at the study program Physics in each year of the study that not only serve to demonstrate physical effects but to make students, future teachers familiar with equipment and exercises that they can meet at school. Circumstantially, many students of Computing already work and gain practical experience in their final years, but they also have the opportunity to complete their examination tasks through specific project tasks.

UoM: Humanitarian actions of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics are noticeable...

DEAN MIRANOVIC: It is necessary to teach students not to measure all material things in life, and that some things should be done not for personal interest, but for the common good. What is a bit for us, it is a lot for someone. Unselfish giving is a virtue needed to be especially appreciated and elevated.

UoM: What kind of activity (project) of the Faculty would you particularly like to emphasize?

DEAN MIRANOVIC: I would not rank professors and their projects, but I am particularly pleased that a large number of professors and associates have dedicated themselves to research work, which is seen not only by the number of applications, but by the number of projects gained, which is why we are at the very top of the University of Montenegro.