Teaching and research activities of the Department of Applied Mathematics (KAM) are concentrated in optimization and operations research, geometry and topology, theory of graphs, algorithms and mathematical structures and related areas.

KAM emphasizes cutting-edge research on the high world-wide level and regularly updates its teaching activities for bachelor, magister and doctoral students. Magister and doctoral students of KAM traditionally participate in international research supported by numerous prestigious Czech and European grants coordinated by members of KAM.

KAM manages basic courses in Discrete Mathematics, Optimization, Algebra and Mathematical Analysis. The department also provide courses of new trends in Geometry and Algorithmic Game Theory as well as in Algorithms and Data Structures.