Istituto Universitario di Scienze Motorie

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University Institute of Motor Sciences
Istituto Universitario di Scienze Motorie

Established:	1998
Type:	State-supported
Rector:	Prof. Francesco Figura
Location:	Rome, Italy
Website:	www.iusm.it/

The University Institute of Motor Sciences (Italian: Istituto Universitario di Scienze Motorie, IUSM) is a university located in Rome, Italy.

IUSM is a vocational university, the only Italian state university dedicated to sports and movement sciences. It was created in 1998 when it replaced Rome’s Istituto Superiore di Educazione Fisica (ISEF) whose activity had been centred on higher education for P.E. teachers. The university extended the institute’s scope to cover all the fields of interest arising from Man’s physical activity: scientific research, coaching for recreational sports and for high level competitive sports, teaching, fitness and rehabilitation, organization and management of sports events and facilities.

IUSM offers a three-year course for a Bachelor’s degree in Movement Sciences, followed by a two-year graduate degree in either Preventive and Adapted Physical Activity or Management of Sports and Physical Activities.

IUSM also offers a two-year European Master’s Degree in Preventive and Adapted Physical Activity organized in co-operation with the Universities of Cologne, Odense and Vienna, and a post-graduate programme for physical education teachers. A second European Master’s Degree in Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents, organized in co-operation with the universities of Odense, Bristol and Clermont-Ferrand.

The Iusm is situated in the "Foro Italico" complex, a huge green area along the banks of the river Tiber at the foot of a hill covered with thick woods. The Foro Italico is the greatest Italian sports complex, including indoor and outdoor swimming-pools, gyms of many dimensions, tennis courts, two track-and-fields arenas and the big Olympic Stadium.