The training of specialists in the area of mathematics was launched in YSU in 1924 at the Department of Physics and Mathematics of the Faculty of Social Sciences. In 1933 this department was transformed into Physico-mathematical Faculty. In 1959 the faculty was divided into two independent faculties: Mechanics and Mathematics and Physics. In 1963 a specialization Mathematical Cybernetics was offered at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics. The later served as a basis for the foundation of the Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics in 1972.