Updated: 2/22/2024
The Department of Olympic and Professional Sports was established at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport on September 1, 2004 (Order No. 428 − D of June 10, 2004) on the basis of the Department of Sportsmanship. The chairman of the department is the candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor Yuri Grabovsky.
From September 1, 2011, in accordance with the reorganization at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports and in accordance with Order No. 319-K of September 19, 2011, the Department of Olympic and Professional Sports was headed by Candidate of Science in Physical Education and Sports, Associate Professor Yevgeny Strikalenko, who is the head of this department. till today.
The main activity of the department is the organization and implementation of the educational process for the training of specialists in Olympic and professional sports, coaches in various sports, teachers of physical education. The Department of Olympic and Professional Sports is a graduation course for students of the specialty 017 Physical Education and Sports, who study for a bachelor's and master's degree in educational programs "Physical Culture and Sports".