Belarusian State University of Physical Culture is a university

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

 in Minsk

Minsk

- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

, Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

. University is the internationally recognized institution in the field of physical education, sports and tourism, the most important scientific, educational and research center of the Republic of Belarus offering preparatory, high and post-graduate levels of training.

• The membership of seven representatives of the University in International Sports Federations testifies that the University has obtained international recognition. There are 160 World and European champions among the University students and graduates.

Structure

There are 4 faculties, 27 chairs:
Departments:

Faculty of Sport Games and Combative Sport

Faculty of Mass Sports

The Faculty of Health – Oriented Physical Training and Tourism

Institute of Tourism, Higher School for Coaches

Specialists Updating and Retraining Institute

Well known graduates

Among those who graduated from the University we can also name the Olympic champions Svetlana Boginskaya, Vitaly Scherbo, Marina Lobach, Alexander Medved, Oleg Karavayev, Vladimir Kaminsky, Oleg Logvin, Alexander Romankov, Romuald Klim, Elena Zvereva, Yanina Korolchik, Vladimir Parfenovich, Yekaterina Karsten and others.

Affiliations and memberships

International association of universities of physical training and sports