The sources of the university-wide Department of Physical Education and Sports of the Pedagogical Institute has its origins since 1962. The department is one of the oldest and leading departments of physical education in higher educational institutions. Among the educational departments of ENU named after L.N. Gumilyov, the Department of Physical Education and Sports occupies a special position, as interdepartmental, and also issues of bachelors of the specialty 5V010800- ''Physical education and sports'' and master s students of the specialty 6 010800-''Physical education and sports''.'