The importance of sport facilities
for university sport
Dušan Gerlovič, Lecturer, Professor of physical education
Vice-president of Sports Association of the University of Ljubljana
Sport Department – Faculty of Chemistry at University of Ljubljana
University sport in Europe
There cannot be a general system of
university sport in Europe.
Each country has its own:
• history
• Regulation/law
• political system
• financing
• sports philosophy
• quality of sports facilities
Even in the same country there are often
different models and level of sport
facilities development:
Good examples of university
investments in sports facilities
• University Alpe-Adria: 3 million EUR
Source: Uni Sport Centrum – 2012, Klagefurt, Franc Preiml
• University in Ghent: 8 million EUR
• University in Basel: 20 million EUR
• University in Dublin: 7 million EUR
Source: ENAS – Basel 2008, Terry Mcauley, Marco Obrist, Ulrich Weber
University of Lyon1
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tennis halls: 4
football fields: 2
rugby fields: 2
sports halls: 2
dance hall: 1
swimming pool: 1
boxing&judo hall: 1
fitness hall: 1
SOURCE: UNI LYON1 – 8.9.2012: ROBERT CRUDER
UNI sports facilities in Slovenia
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University of Ljubljana: 2 sports halls
University of Maribor: 1 sport hall
other public and private universities: 0
national sports program includes standard
(3 m² - outdoor sports area/person, 0.5
m² – indoor sports area/person)
more than 400 sport facilities were built
but none for students!
Student sports activities
We see lack of sports halls and facilities
for uni sport (no investement since
1980) as one of the main reason for
decrease of number of sport active
students.
SOURCE: BERČIČ, 2009; FILIPIČ – JERAS, 2009.
University of Ljubljana
(has 60.000 students and employees)
We suggest
• construction of two bigger modular sports
halls by 2020 (in the amount of
approximately 6 mio. EUR)
• Construction of few smaller facilities (in
the amount of approximately 2 mio. EUR),
for needs of fitness and group exercises
(aerobics, dance, pilates, yoga, …)
Location and financing
• it is necessary to organize sports practice
in smaller training centers, where there
are residencies or study points for a large
number of students
• resources for construction of sports
facilities should be gathered from
European founds and budgets of the city of
Ljubljana, state and private investors
The idea of sports subcenters
Due to position of faculties and students
dormitories all over the city would make
sense to build:
• subcenter 1: Bežigrad (Faculty of education,
economics, social sciences, administration,
Students dormitories)
• subcenter 2: Rožna dolina (Students
dormitories, Biotechnical faculty,
mechanical engineering, arts, pharmacy…)
The idea of sports subcenters (cont.)
• subcenter 3: Gerbičeva (Students
dormitories, Faculty of veterinary
medicine, mathematics and physics,
electrical engineering…)
• Subcenter 4: Slovan (Faculty of sport,
medicine, University swimming center, …)
• subcenter 5: Politehnika (area under
Rožnik – outdoor activities, where there
are set up Faculty of chemistry and Faculty
of computer and information science)
NEW SPORTS
FACILITIES
should increase
level of
active students
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0
1964
1970
1982
1994
2003
2009
2015
2020
redna športna aktivnost
v%
Other slovenian universities
• University of Maribor has better sports
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facilities - modern UNI sport center Leon
Štukelj
University of Primorska does not have its
own sports facilities; the same is true for
other higher education institutions
University in Primorska seriously starts the
construction of sports facilities, the
construction of two new UNI campuses
are planned
Final word
• Slovene UNI sport can only develop
successfully if there are appropriate
sports facilities, owned by
universities, with adequate financing
system and professional
management
• A way to “sporty nation” is led by
Thank you for your attention