Inter-disciplinary basic education with special consideration of various applications in the professional field of Sport; explicit integration of theory and practice; broad training in methodological skills for the professions addressed; integrated teaching of key qualifications in various course formats; focus on research-based learning in the teacher training study programmes; cooperation with the faculties of Psychology, Biology, Law and the Technical Faculty; participation in the inter-disciplinary oriented Master's degree course in Gender Studies

Florida State University, USA; Penn State University, USA; Victoria University Melbourne, Australien; Universidad Matanzas, Kuba; University of Essex, England; Universität Halmstad, Schweden; Radboud Universität Nijmegen, Niederlande; Universität Bologna, Italien; Universität Wroclav, Breslau, Polen; University of Physical Edu., Budapest, Ungarn

Two biomechanics labs with 12 Vikon cameras and integrated force measurement platforms; EEG lab; EMG analysis equipment; sensorimotor lab with cognitive skills diagnostic tools; eye tracking lab; treadmill; spiroergometry.

"Partner University of Top Sports" together with the ADH, the Olympic Support Point Westphalia and the Studierendenwerk Bielefeld.

Participation in the Cluster of Excellence CITEC, close research collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and the Technical Faculty, in order to study the basal mechanisms of behavioural and movement organisation and to implement these on technical platforms (robotics); Sport Sociology research on the organisational development of sports clubs and sports associations, as well as the specific development problems of high-performance sport; Sport Education research on educational expectations of sports lessons and their actual effects, professionalisation of sports teaching

Own module "Setting up a business"; annual "Sports Business Day" for specialist courses of study.