Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports

The Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports (TGIFS) (Turkmen. Türkmen döwlet bedenterbiýe sport sport institute) is a higher education institution (higher educational institution) of Turkmenistan located in Ashgabat, which trains specialists in the field of sports and mass sports and fitness movement.

Content

History

On January 9, 1997, it was transformed from the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture into the National Institute of Sport and Tourism of Turkmenistan and transferred from the balance sheet of the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan to the balance sheet of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan .

Since January 26, 2018, it has been included in the system of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Policy of Turkmenistan .

On June 13, 2019 it was renamed the Turkmen State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports.

Structure

Until June 13, 2019, the Institute included 2 faculties and 8 departments.

Faculties

Of sports
Of tourism

Chairs

Sports medicine and biological support
Learning World Experience
Equestrian, gymnastics, athletics and swimming
Turkmen national and sports games
Goresh and martial arts
Organization and management of tourism business
Special management of hotel and tourist services
Theories of sports and biomechanics

Rectors

No	Name	Assigned	Fired	Reason for dismissal
one	Muhammadov, Amanguly		1999	for work flaws
2	Abalakov, Mohammed	07/27/1999	01/28/2000	transfer to another job
3	Shikhmuradov, Boris	07/28/2000	03/11/2001	transfer to another job
four	Mommadov, Ashir	08/27/2001	no information	no information
five	Khojaberdiyev, Guichgeldy	08/28/2006	05/21/2007	transfer to another job
6	Annaorazov, Bayramberdy	07/13/2007	07/12/2008	for serious deficiencies in work
7	Ataliev, Yalkapberdy	12/03/2008	04/09/2010	transfer to another job
eight	Saryev, Alladurdy	04/09/2010	07/02/2019
9	Saparov, Allaberdy	07/02/2019		acting

Students

In the 2016/2017 academic year, the National Institute of Sports and Tourism of Turkmenistan accepted 410 people for the 1st year.

In the academic year 2016/2017, about 1,525 students studied at NIST.

Building

The new complex of NIST buildings was commissioned in December 2012. The complex consists of a main 12-story administrative building and two four-story educational buildings. In the NIST two-story gym there are volleyball, basketball, handball and indoor soccer courts, halls for judo, boxing, national wrestling, and a gym. In the surrounding area there are summer playgrounds for playing sports and a tennis court.

The NIST building complex is designed for training 1,600 students. The cost of the complex built by the French company Bouygues Turkmen is $ 80 million (excluding VAT).