The Belgrade Mathematical Gymnasium (, abbr. "MG" or "MGB"), is a gymnasium high school for students of mathematics, physics and informatics located in Belgrade, Serbia.
The School has developed its own Mathematical Gymnasium CurriculumMathematical Gymnasium Belgrade – Academic Curriculum webpage. Accessed: 1 March 2011. . Permalink.Mathematical Gymnasium Belgrade – Upper grades curriculum. Accessed: 28 February 2011. . Permalink.Mathematical Gymnasium Belgrade – Lower grades curriculum. Accessed: 28 February 2011. . Permalink. in various mathematics, physics, and IT subjects, and supports gifted and talented children. There are approx. 160 teachers employed, mostly scientists. One half of the professors comes from University of Belgrade staff, Institute of Physics Belgrade, and Mathematical Institute of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. More than half of the teachers are former students of the school. The average professors' work experience is 18 years.Mathematical Gymnasium Belgrade, Annual Plan, 2010/2011, page 7 of 69. PDF document.
In 2011, the school had 550 students aged 12–19. There were 155 girls and 395 boys.Mathematical Gymnasium Belgrade, Annual Plan, 2010/2011, page 8 of 69. PDF document.
History
The school was established in 1966, following the model of Kolmogorov School at Moscow University which had been launched in Moscow a year earlier, in 1965, under Lomonosov Moscow State University, by one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, Andrei Nikolayevich Kolmogorov, and which was later named after him – Kolmogorov School.
In 1977, as part of a statewide education reform in former Yugoslavia, the School was merged into the streamlined secondary education (in Serbian: srednje usmereno obrazovanje), thus cancelling many, but not all, specifics and advantages over other schools. At that time principal, Milan Raspopović was desperately pulling strings in scientific and policy-making community to re-establish special status, special rights, special funding, and special curriculum. As a result, eleven years later, in 1988, the School was officially re-established as a specialized school, this time in the form of an experimental education institution.History of Mathematical Gymnasium Belgrade New curriculum was officially published in 1989, in Official Gazette of Socialist Republic of Serbia, no.2, 15 April 1989.Mathematical Gymnasium Belgrade, Annual Report, page 2 of 76. PDF document.
The "experimental status" finally concluded in 1995, when the School was recognized as a "Specialized school for talented/gifted students in mathematics, informatics, physics, and other natural sciences" by the Serbian Ministry of Education. At the same time, the School was given the status of a "school of special national importance", as the first school of its kind in Yugoslavia.Mathematical Gymnasium is a school of Special National Interest (JPEG), Official Records from Serbian Ministry of Education.
Although MGB is formally classified as a special secondary school ("srednja škola", grades nine to twelve in the Serbian education system, for funding and other legal reasons), it enrolls experimental classes of the seventh and eighth grade primary school (age 12 and above). It is the only school in Serbia and in all states formed from former Yugoslavia that has merged elementary school (or part of it) and high school.
Students of Mathematical Gymnasium have the highest grade point average (GPA) compared to students from other schools and the same rule applies to their university studies, whether in Serbia or abroad.
See also: Academic grading in Serbia and Education in Serbia.
List of school principals The School has had 7 principals in its history, all of whom are authors of university, high school, and elementary school textbooks and accompanying collections of solved problems and questions. Five principals were mathematicians, and one – and the longest serving principal – was a physicist.
Five MGB principals with Doctor of Sciences titles, and one with Doctor of Science title, earned their degrees at University of Belgrade and served as university professors and as professors at Mathematical Gymnasium.
YearPrincipal1966–1968Ranko Radovanović, Magister of Sciences, director of Educational and Pedagogical Institute1968–1971Dušan Adnađević,Eightieth anniversary of the birth of prof. dr Dušan Adnađević. The European Mathematical Information Service – EMIS. Doctor of Sciences in Mathematics, University of Belgrade; Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, retired1971–2001Milan Raspopović, Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Philosophy, University of Belgrade; Faculty of Electrical Engineering, retired2001–2004Ljubomir Protić, Doctor of Sciences in Mathematics; University of Belgrade2004–2008Vladimir Dragović, Doctor of Sciences in Mathematics, University of Belgrade; Faculty of Mathematics2008–2019Srđan Ognjanović, Magister of Sciences, University of Belgrade; Faculty of Mathematics2019–presentMirjana Katić, University of Belgrade; Faculty of Mathematics
Competitions
The School prepares students for various national and international competitions science competitions. Mathematical Gymnasium students had won several hundred medals from top international competitions around the world. They won 121 medals at International Science Olympiads, about the same number at Junior Olympiads, and about double that number at other top competitions, mostly in USSR, Russia, China, India, and Europe.
International Olympiads MGB students have won many national and international awards.Achievements, honors, and awards Competitions History
Number of medalsCompetition121International Mathematics Olympiad52International Physics Olympiad23International Olympiad in Informatics28International Astronomy Olympiad8International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics16Olympiads in General Sciencemore than 400various other international competitions
Year 2009 In 2009, during July and August, students of Mathematical Gymnasium won 12 medals in International Olympiads: 5 medals in Olympiads in Mathematics, 4 medals in International Physics Olympiad, 3 medals in International Olympiad in Informatics, 3 medals in International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1 medal, and 3 honorable mentions in International Astronomy Olympiad.International competitions in 2009
The total number of gold, silver, and bronze medals, and honorable mentions, won in various international competitions in 2009 is 70.
Year 2010 At the 2010 International Mathematics Olympiad (5–15 July 2010, Kazakhstan), Serbia was represented by a team of 6 competitors, all 6 students from the Gymnasium, 15–19 years old. The result is Serbia ranks 10th in the world, with 1 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze medal won, and the Mathematical Gymnasium school ranks as the best (rank: 1) school among all special and/or regular schools in the world.Country results and awards: Serbia ranks 10th in the world2010 Olympiad in Mathematics: Individual results
MedalsCompetition1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronzeInternational Mathematical Olympiad – Individual Results 2010Serbia at the IMOНаши математичари десети у свету MG mathematicians took the 10th place in a world competition, the 51st IMO51st International Mathematics Olympiad, Kazakhstan4 bronze41st International Physics Olympiad, Zagreb, Croatia1 bronze22nd International Olympiad in Informatics, Canada1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze, 1 honorable mention.International Astronomy Olympiad, Crimea, Ukraine1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze, 1 h.m.International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics, China5 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronzeMathematics, Kolmogorov Special School, International Competition, Moscow, Russia3 gold, 3 silver"Archimedes" International Competition in Mathematics, Romania MGB awarded "Absolute Winner" title. MGB student Vukašin Stojisavljević was overall ranked as first.1 bronzeBalkans Olympiad in Informatics, Montenegro1 silver, 1 bronze14th Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad , Romania2 gold, 2 bronze, 2 silverXXVII Balkan Mathematical Olympiad,XXVII Balkan Mathematical Olympiad Moldavia2 silver, 2 bronzeEuler's Russian Olympiad in Mathematics, RussiaИНФОРМАЦИОННОЕ СООБЩЕНИЕ О ЗАКЛЮЧИТЕЛЬНОМ ЭТАПЕ II ОЛИМПИАДЫ имени ЛЕОНАРДА ЭЙЛЕРА 2 silver, 1 bronze, 1 h.m.Romanian Master in Mathematics, Romania Romanian Master in Mathematics is an Olympiad for the selections of the 20 top countries in the last International Mathematical Olympiad, i.e. for the best 100 high-school mathematicians in the world1 silver, 3 bronze7th Junior Scientific Olympiad, NigeriaIn total: 57 medals, 3 honorable mentionsat some of the major international competitions in 2010.
In 2010, students of Mathematical Gymnasium have won 28 medals and honorable mentions namely: at 2010 Olympiad in Mathematics (5–15 July 2010, Kazakhstan) 6 medals: 1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze; at Euler's Russian Olympiad in Mathematics (24–27 March 2010, Russia), Mathematical Gymnasium was the only non-Russian competitor and its 4-members team won 4 medals: 2 silver and 2 bronze;Олимпиада имени Леонарда Эйлера 2009–10 года in highly selective Romanian Master in Mathematics (24 February – 2 March 2010, Romania): 2 silver and 1 bronze medal, and 1 honorable mention (Romanian Master in Mathematics is an olympiad for the selections of the 20 top countries in the last IMO. The level of the competition is IMO-like. The format had been 4 problems in 5 hours in 2009, in 2010 it was changed to 3 problems in 4 hours, two days format.); at XXVII Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (3–8 May, Moldavia) 6 medals: 2 gold, 2 bronze, 2 silver; at International competition "Archimedes" (7–18 June 2010, Bucharest), Mathematical Gymnasium won the first place, and its 6 students took 6 medals: 3 gold and 3 silver medals;Екипа МГ прва at XIV Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (18–22 June 2010): 1 silver medal and 1 honorable mention.
Year 2011
In the All Russian Mathematical Competition, organized by the Kolmogorov Special School, the Mathematical Gymnasium won, "The Absolute First Prize in all categories", and one MGB student, Teodor von Burg, won the gold medal, first prize, and maximum number of points. This is the 2nd time MGB won the Kolmogorov competition.
MedalsCompetition1 gold, 1 silver, 1 honorable mentionRomanian Master in Mathematics, Romania Romanian Master in Mathematics is an Olympiad for the selections of the 20 top countries in the last International Mathematical Olympiad, i.e. for the best 100 high-school mathematicians in the worldso far: 2 medals, 1 honorable mentionsat some of the major international competitions in 2011.
Other prizes and awards
Students of school have won many other prizes in addition to the International Science Olympiads.
As part of the "27 Club", which Erste Bank implemented for the third consecutive year in 2010, with the aim to promote talented young people and help them to get well-deserved public recognition for their work and the results, 2010 year's award winners were declared. In the category of science, the winner of a Grand Prize was Luka Milićević,Winners of Club 27 Awards and the winner of Erste Bank Prize in the field of natural and technical sciences and technology was Dušan Milijančević. Both students were final year students of D-division.
At Microsoft's Imagine Cup, students of the school were in the finals, among top 6 teams in the world.News Archive
Other numerous medals from the Balkans Olympiads in Mathematics, Physics and Informatics are being won every year.
Curriculum and core subjects
Main areas of study are divided into sub-branches or sub-disciplines. Courses are delivered on a per-semester basis.
Mathematics Mathematics is divided into fields of Algebra, Geometry, Linear Algebra, Analytical Geometry, Mathematical Analysis, Probability, Statistics, Numerical Analysis, and Selected Chapters in Mathematics.
Physics