The Department of Sports Educology and Humanistics is one of the three departments of the Faculty of Sports of the University of Prešov in Prešov. Its main area of ​​activity is based on the content of the study fields of sports education and sports humanities. The department provides teaching of study subjects, the concept of which is based on the need to train university-qualified professionals in the field of education in school, performance, elite sports, in the sports of people with special needs and in the field of physical training in a wide range of security forces. The department provides the teaching of the following subjects: Psychology of Sport, Philosophy and Sociology of Sport, Ethics of Sport, History of Sport and the Olympic Movement, Organization and Management of Sport, Law and Sport and Legislation of Security Forces, Economics and Management of Sport, Recreational Physical Education, Fitness and Sports Training, Sports Terminology in English, Sports Communication, Didactics and Pedagogy of Sports, Didactics of Physical and Sports Education, Sports Training of Children, Youth and Women, Animation of Leisure Activities and Pedagogical Practice.

International cooperation:

The international cooperation of the department members is implemented on the basis of inter-institutional agreements signed by the Faculty of Sports, University of Presov. Within the EU, the faculty has signed cooperation with partner institutions in Portugal (Polytechnic Institute of Porto, ESE (School of Education), University of Porto, Faculty of Sports, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, ESECS (School of Education and Social Sciences)); Croatia (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Faculty of Kinesiology); Slovenia (Science and Research Center, Koper); Romania (Transylvania University in Brasov); Poland (University of Rzeszów, Institute of Physical Culture Sciences, University of Physical Education in Warsaw, University of Physical Education in Krakow, Faculty of Physical Culture and Health Promotion in Szczecin, State Higher Vocational School in Nysa, State University of Applied Sciences in Nowy Sacz, Institute of Physical Culture, University of Physical Education and Sports in Gdańsk) and in the Czech Republic (Charles University, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Sports Studies, University of Olomouc, Faculty of Physical Culture, J.E. Purkyně University, Ústí nad Labem, Faculty of Education ). On the basis of these inter-institutional agreements, teachers, employees and students of the faculty can complete student and teacher mobility, internships and training. Within the faculty, the department cooperates contractually with 5 foreign partners.