FACULTY OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND SPORTS

The Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports was founded in 1964 on the basis of the Karaganda Pedagogical Institute. The faculty prepares highly qualified specialists who contribute to the development of military-patriotic education of young people and a healthy lifestyle in the region. Today the faculty has good conditions for high-quality training of bachelors and masters of sciences in the programs “Physical culture and sports” and “Basic military and physical training”.

Over the years of its activity, the faculty has prepared more than 10,000 specialists in physical culture and sports. Graduates of our faculty successfully work in the Republic of Kazakhstan and abroad. Many of them have become outstanding athletes, teachers, coaches, researchers, heads of subordinate structures of the ministries of the Republic of Kazakhstan and leaders of the physical culture and sports movement. The faculty is justly proud of its graduates who have received academic degrees and contributed to the development of science.

The faculty includes 3 specialized departments: theory and methodology of physical culture and sports training, basic military training and martial arts, physical education.

Currently, the faculty has a well-developed sports base, which is used in the training process. The faculty has created high-quality conditions for conducting academic studies and trainings. There are large educational and training complexes with specialized halls for gymnastics, wrestling, boxing, sports and games halls and gyms, a ski base and an athletics arena. On the basis of the university, there are more than 30 sports sections in 24 sports, in which more than 3000 students and university teachers are engaged. Faculty students regularly take part in competitions of various ranks and are multiple winners and prize-winners.