The Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health is a university in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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, named after

Peter Lesgaft Peter Franzevich Lesgaft (russian: Пётр Францевич Лесгафт) (21 September 1837 – 1909) was a Russian teacher, anatomist, physician and social reformer. He was the founder of the modern system of physical education and medical-p ...

History

Its history started from 1896, when Peter Lesgaft founded a training program for PE teachers. The university now offers 15

bachelor degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ye ...

s including Bachelor of Physical Culture, Bachelor of Adapted physical education among others. It provides 7 courses at Masters level and 14 courses at PhD levels. The institution was among first in Russia to introduce a

Bachelor of Nursing The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN, BScN) also known in some countries as a Bachelor of Nursing (BN) or Bachelor of Science (BS) with a Major in Nursing is an academic degree in the science and principles of nursing, granted by an accredited ...

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").

Sports teams

A team representing this university was the runner-up for the first edition of the

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...

in bandy in 1937.

References

External links

Lesgaft National State University
Sports academies 1896 establishments in the Russian Empire Higher educational institutions of physical culture and sports in Russia National Institutes of Sport Sports schools Sports universities and colleges {{Russia-school-stub