FACULTY OF SPORTS SCIENCES

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    FACULTY OF SPORTS SCIENCES

    History

    History

     

     

    Faculty of Sports Sciences, as a department affiliated with Fırat University Faculty of Science and Letters, started education in 1992 under the name of "Department of Physical Education and Sports". It had its first graduates in the 1995-1996 academic year.
    In 1997, it was transformed into the School of Physical Education and Sports in accordance with the decision of the Council of Ministers and the decision of the Presidency of the Council of Higher Education. It was restructured as the "Faculty of Sports Sciences" by the decision of the Council of Ministers published in the official gazette in 2014.


    Faculty Department

    There are four programs within the Faculty of Sports Sciences: Physical Education and Sports Teaching, Sports Management, Coaching Education and Recreation Education departments. The education period in all programs at the faculty is 8 semesters. The language of instruction is Turkish.


    Academic Staff

    As of 2026, there will be a total of 34 academic staff in our faculty, including 18 Professors, 9 Associate Professors, 1 Assistant Professor, 2 Assistant Research Assistants, 3 Research Assistants and 1 Lecturer. Our national boxer Yakup KILIÇ, who won the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, is in our academic staff with the title of Associate Professor.


    Hall and Classrooms

    Our faculty has 15 classrooms, a Massage Hall built for applied courses, a Table Tennis Hall, a Grass Football Field, a Synthetic Football Field, an Athletics Track, a Multi-Purpose Sports Hall, an Equipment Gymnastics Hall, a Step-Aerobics Hall, a Conditioning Hall and Tennis Courts.
    There are also activities such as Mountaineering, Tennis, Skiing, Swimming, Folk Dances, Boxing, Camping and Nature Walks.
     
     
     
     
    Number of Academic Staff at the Faculty of Sports Sciences as of the 2025-2026 Academic Year
     
    Lecturer
    Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching
    Department of Coaching Education
    Department of Sports Management
    Department of Recreation
    Total
    Professors
    4
    5
    5
    4
    18
    Associate Professor
    2
    4
    2
    2
    10
    Assistant Professor
    1
    -
    -
    -
    1
    Lecturer
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    Research Assistant
    1
    1
    2
    -
    4
          Total
    8
    10
    9
    7
    34
     
     
     
     
    Number of Active Students at the Faculty of Sports Sciences as of the 2024-2025 Academic Year
     
    Bachelor's Degree
    Day Teaching
    Night Teaching
    Total
    Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching
    124
    -
    123
    Department of Coaching Education
    259
    115
    374
    Department of Sports Management
    287
    129
    416
    Department of Recreation
    236
    106
    342
    Total
    905
    350
    1255
    Postgraduate
     
     
     
    Master's Degree
    163
     
    163
    Doctorate
    48
     
    48
    Total
    211
     
    211
    Grand Total
     
     
    1466
     

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