Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health

The Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health is a university in St. Petersburg, Russia, named after Peter Lesgaft.

History

Its history started from 1896, when Peter Lesgaft founded a training program for PE teachers.

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").

Sports teams

A team representing this university was the runner-up for the first edition of the Soviet Cup in bandy in 1937.

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