Department of Sports Science - Bartin University

The Faculty of Sports Science has been performing its activity for about 8 years and it aims to provide a modern and scientific sports education with universal quality, to improve performance sports and sports culture, to become an institution that is in the field of sports sciences with the high quality of research, to develop healthy individuals with high quality of life. The faculty is also determined to enhance the support training field to form competitive practices, to create a suitable atmosphere for private partners supporting the educational and competitive sport practice on its territory, to enhance the sports/health approach, to inform and to train young athletes, offer suitable niches, to provide equal access to sport for all, to implement several niches suitable for disabled peoples, to mediate in curricular and extra-curricular settings in rural areas towards people in remote places. The Faculty of Sports Science also support recreational and outdoor activities in any kind of natural space to prove sustainable outdoor activity opportunities. It is also dedicated to actively create opportunities for youngsters to discover and develop their possibilities, using outdoor adventure experiential programs. It also aims to engage youth, as well as other categories, in volunteering seen as a method of non-formal education.