The Faculty was founded in 1969, formed from the departments of Physics, Mathematics and Descriptive Geometry, already existing at the various faculties of the University. It was the first and the only such faculty at technical universities in Poland at that time.

The faculty employees cooperate with several foreign research centres as part of joint research projects, as well as bilateral agreements. The Institute of Mathematics cooperates with the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev (Ukraine), University of Campinas (Brazil), University of Central Florida (USA), University of New York (USA), University of Waterloo (Canada), York University, Toronto (Canada), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (Canada), Texas A&M University (USA), University of Kiev (Ukraine), universities in Athens (Greece), Barcelona (Spain), Oulu (Finland), Wurzburg (Germany) and Technical Universities in Grenoble (France) and Copenhagen (Denmark). This cooperation results in science research contacts for the employees, joint publications in international journals and student exchange.

The Faculty also cooperates with some of the national research and industrial centres, such as The Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Central Mining Institute (post-diploma studies) and IT companies from the region.
Many of our students have been awarded scholarships by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Our students participate successfully in Polish engineering competitions and represent our country internationally. Among the winners of "Omnium studiosorum Optimo" medal are also the students of our faculty.