Teaching Mathematics at our University dates back to 1924 when the first lectures on Mathematics were given at the Faculty of Arts. By now the Institute of Mathematics has become an integral part of the Faculty of Science and Technology, and plays a significant role both in education and science. Outstanding efforts of the three departments, the Department of Algebra and Number Theory, the Department of Analysis and the Department of Geometry, have resulted in our Institute’s becoming an internationally known and acknowledged research centre within the University of Debrecen.