WHY STUDY PERSONAL AND FITNESS TRAINER
♦ University of Physical Education and Sport (GUPES) is the only sports university in Pomerania where theoretical and practical classes are conducted by both recognized scientists and highly qualified specialists in the areas relevant to individual fields of study, as well as coaches of Olympic and national teams and outstanding athletes.
♦ GUPES is one of the best sports universities in Central and Eastern Europe according to the Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments, 2020, 2021. In the Perspektywy magazine ranking for 2019, GUPES placed 2nd among all sports universities in Poland.
♦ Studies in the field of Personal and Fitness Trainer were created for those who would like to train professionally people willing to take care of their physical condition and health. The aim of the studies is to prepare competent personal trainers and fitness instructors who have wide knowledge and valuable skills and who will take up jobs connected with training groups or individual clients of different ages and at different fitness levels.
♦ Graduates are prepared to work with individual clients, are able to make diagnosis, create training programs and supervise the training process. They gain motivating and stress management skills.
♦ The faculty also prepares instructors of various forms of group fitness to work in fitness clubs, to use appropriate forms of relaxation (such as stretching, rolling, visualization).
♦ Our specialist facilities are among the very best anywhere in Poland. Located on the picturesque Gdanks Oliwa we have purpose-built teaching and research laboratories for sport and exercise physiology, biomechanics, health and performance psychology and qualitative research. We have: 5 outdoor sports fields, 13 gyms, 2 sports halls, 1 swimming pool, 5-laboratories.
COMPETENCIES
The graduate receives a bachelor’s degree in personal and fitness training and qualifications in the selected specialization
SPECIALIZATIONS
- Fitness Modern Forms of Gymnastics
- Fitness weight training
- Fitness for pregnant women
- Personal Trainer
CAREER
- in Wellness and SPA centers
- in physiotherapy centers and sanatoriums
- own business in the field of mass sport
- in fitness clubs, in sports clubs
LEVEL/ first-cycle
FORM/ full-time
PROFILE/ practical
DURATION OF STUDY/ 3 years


The conditions for admitting a foreigner to studies in English:
• effective registration in the IRK system
• meeting the formal requirements, attaching a complete set of documents in the IRK system within the required period
• confirmation of English language skills at the level required for the relevant cycle of study (1st cycle – B1).
Recruitment deadline in the IRK system
• from 15 March 2023 to 31 August 2023