Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health
| Национальный государственный университет физической культуры, спорта и здоровья имени П. Ф. Лесгафта | |
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| Type | State |
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| Established | 1896 |
| President | Ageevetz |
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.lesgaft.spb.ru |
The Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health is a university in St. Petersburg, Russia, named after Peter Lesgaft.
Its history started from 1896, when Peter Lesgaft founded a training program for PE teachers. The university now offers 15 bachelor degrees including Bachelor of Physical Culture, Bachelor of Adapted physical education among others. It provides 7 courses at Masters level and 14 courses at PhD courses.It is noteworthy that the institution was among first in Russia to introduce a Bachelor of Nursing course.
It consists of following colleges:
- Institute of Adaptive Physical Culture
- Institute of Sports Facilities and Industries
- Institute of Economics and Social Technology
- Institute of International sports Programs
- Institute of Health and Sports Medicine
and the following faculties:
- Faculty Summer Olympic Sports
- Faculty of Winter Olympic Sports
- Faculty of non-Olympic sports
- Faculty of martial arts
- Faculty of Economics, Management and Law
- Faculty individual educational and sports technology
- Faculty of Basic Training
- Faculty profiled training
- Faculty training and retraining
- Faculty training of the teaching staff (postgraduate and doctoral studies)
- Faculty teaching and professional practice
- Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
- Preparatory Faculty
It is also the publisher of the magazine "Scientific notes University Lesgaft" and the newspaper "Lesgaftovets" ("For physical training cadres").
References
External links
- Lesgaft National State University (Russian)