Department of Physical Education, Specialized Physical Training and Sports

Head of the Department
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate ProfessorColonel
Serhii Zhembrovskyi

The Department of Physical Education, Special Physical Training, and Sports (hereinafter referred to as "the Department") is a core structural unit of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Physical Culture and Sports and Health Technologies (hereinafter referred to as "the Institute") of the National Defense University of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as "the University"). The Department carries out educational, methodological, scientific, and scientific-technical activities.

The main tasks of the Department include:

• to ensure the attainment of a Master’s degree in specialty K6 "Troop (Force) Support", specialization "Organization of Physical Training and Physical-Sports Rehabilitation in the Armed Forces", at the operational level of military education;
• to conduct classes in the academic discipline "Physical Education and Special Physical Training" for students of the University at the strategic and operational levels of all specialties and specializations;
• to organize and deliver advanced training courses for physical training and sports specialists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
• to provide an elective course entitled "Endurance and Survival on the Battlefield" for operational-level trainees and cadets of the Institute;
• to participate in the training of specialists at the bachelor’s, master’s, and educational and scientific levels in specialty A7 "Physical Culture and Sports";
• to carry out methodological, scientific, and scientific-technical activities;
• to contribute to the improvement of regulatory, legal, and material-technical support for educational activities;
• to ensure the training and professional development of academic and scientific-pedagogical staff, including the implementation of internship plans in military units, formations, and structural divisions of the central apparatus of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in accordance with the relevant specialty;
• to promote the cultural and spiritual development of military personnel and University staff, and to foster patriotism and respect for the Constitution of Ukraine among the personnel.