The Department of Physics and Mathematics was established on October 2, 2023 as a result of the merger of two departments - the Department of Advanced Mathematics and the Department of General and Applied Physics, as well as the partial merger of the Department of Applied Programming and Computing.
The Department of Advanced Mathematics of Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas was founded as a structural subdivision of the Stanislavsky Faculty of General Engineering of Lviv Polytechnic Institute in 1961 (then called the Department of Advanced Mathematics and Mechanics). On August 1, 1963, the Department of Theoretical Mechanics was spun off from the Department, and since then the Department has existed under the name of the Department of Advanced Mathematics for 60 years.
From 2004 to 2023, the Department of Advanced Mathematics was headed by Doctor of Engineering, Professor Vasyl Moisyshyn, while the Department of General and Applied Physics was headed by Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor Marian Halushchak from 2007 to 2023.
In the fall of 2011, the department became part of the Institute of Fundamental, Humanitarian Training and Distance Learning. And since January 2015, the department became part of the Institute of Information Technology. Since September 2018, the Department is a part of the Institute of Oil and Gas Engineering. Finally, in 2023, the united Department of Physics and Mathematics became part of the Institute of Engineering Mechanics and Robotics, for which Vasyl Mykhailovych Moisyshyn served as Head from October 2, 2023 to May 27, 2024.
On May 28, 2024, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor Andriy Bandura was elected Head of the Department.
The department employs 2 Doctors of Physics and Mathematics, 2 Doctors of Engineering, 1 Doctor of Psychology, 7 Candidates of Physics and Mathematics, 1 Candidate of Economics, 4 Candidates of Engineering, 3 engineers, 1 Head of Laboratories, Candidate of Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor Myroslav Mazur (Director of the Institute of Architecture, Construction and Energy), and Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor Volodymyr Mokliak (Head of the Laboratory of Physics of Magnetic Films No. 23 of the G.V. Kurdyumov Institute of Metallophysics).