University-wide department, whose teachers conduct theoretical and practical classes in the discipline “Fundamentals of a healthy lifestyle”, various types of physical activity and sports (elective disciplines), as well as conduct practical classes and a lecture course in physical education with first and second year students of all faculties of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (about 700 academic groups).
Among the lecturers are masters of sports, international masters of sports, and PhDs. The department has a system of responsible for sports and recreation work at the faculties in the areas of the department’s activity. In addition to organising and conducting sports and recreational work at the faculties, such responsible persons resolve issues arising in the course of control measures in the discipline “Fundamentals of a Healthy Lifestyle” and elective disciplines.
The department includes the Kyiv Polytechnic Sports and Technical Centre of the Centre for Physical Education and Sports (CPES):
- Atlantis Sports Club – diving (the pool of the Central Physical Education and Sports Centre and open water, the sea coast).
- Sports club “Talisman” – aerobics (Central Physical Education and Sports Centre);
- Sports club “Rugby-Polytechnic” – rugby (CFES);
- Globus Sports Club – hiking (in selected areas);
- Sports club “Typhoon” – martial arts (Central Physical Education and Sports Centre);
- Sports club “Acro-Line” – acrobatic yoga (Central Physical Education and Sports Centre);
- Sports club “Polytechnic” – football and futsal (CPES).
Teachers of the department train national teams in the following sports (orienteering, tourism and climbing, table tennis, futsal, athletics, triathlon, sports aerobics, rugby).
Sectional training sessions are held in football, mini-football, basketball, volleyball, sports aerobics and fitness, athletics, orienteering, swimming, wrestling, boxing and kickboxing, weightlifting, arm wrestling, archery, triathlon, chess, and water floor.