Sport Science College of Beijing Sport University

The Sport Science College (SSC) of Beijing Sport University (BSU) was founded in 1958. Through nearly 50 years of development, the SSC have had seven departments: Department of Sport Physiology, Department of Sport Anatomy, Department of Sport Medicine, Department of Sport Biochemistry, Department of Sport Biomechanics, Department of Sport Psychology, Department of Sport Statistics and Physique Measurement, and The Experimentation Center and Rehabilitation Center which pertains to the SSC. In 2002, the National Ministry of Education approved the SSC’s sport science program as the national key discipline, which means the preeminence in the national high education system. It is the only sport science college which has such honor in its counterparts in China.

The SSC is the cradle of sport scientists of China. It is the first university that is authorized by the National Ministry of Education to confer a doctoral degree of sport science in China. There are three bachelor's degree programs (Sport Science, Sport Rehabilitation and Health, Sport Psychology), three master's degree programs (Sport Science, Sport Rehabilitation and Health, Sport Psychology) and one doctoral program (Sport Science). The Sport Science program ranks No.1 in the counterpart universities of China. The SSC is one of very few universities in China that provides all the programs of BS, MA. and Ph.D. in sport science. 1102 bachelors, 350 masters and 55 doctors have graduated from SSC since it was founded. There are 400 undergraduate students and 150 graduate students now in SSC. They all play important roles in the cutting edge of sport science research and they are the elites of sport science research of China.

The SSC stands on the cutting edge of sport science research. The SSC has a complete setting of subjects, excellent faculty and the strong foundational support of the nation. The research interests of the faculty involve all respects of sport science and health promotion. The SSC faculty and students are charged with many research projects of national Olympic teams. We are preeminent in investigating the relationship between performance and incretion, elite athletes selection, hypoxic training, monitoring and assessment of athlete performance, nutrition supplementation, biomechanical analysis of movement, sport injury prevention and rehabilitation, psychological training and recovery, exercise treatment and prevention of chronic diseases. The SSC is the major undertaker of National Physical Fitness Monitor (NPFM). During the last several decades, we have been focusing on the supervision and research of national physical fitness and making great contribution to the establishment of National Physical Fitness Monitor.

As the Beijing Olympic Games draw near, the SSC of BSU will make even greater contribution to the development of sport of China.