About Us

Skills-based studies – education beyond the boundaries of a specific subject area

A degree course that focuses on the humanistic ideal of education imparts a wide range of skills. Some of these skills originate from the respective subject cultures, as they are considered essential for mastering future challenges. In addition, there are numerous other skills that are fundamental to self-development and human coexistence. These include, in particular, self-perception and perception of others, experiencing self-efficacy and learning through practice, practical engagement with didactic principles and recognising limits.

All of this can be learned and practised wonderfully and almost ‘incidentally’ through sports. University Sport offers these opportunities in a university context and is therefore an important part of university life and anchored in higher education law.

In addition, sport conveys values such as fairness and the meaningfulness of rules and teaches principles of performance. International students in particular are given the opportunity to connect and exchange ideas and gain insight into culture-specific contexts. University Sport also supports the process of academic success by helping students acquire health-related resources.

As an integral part of student life, University Sport is also an important factor in the town's appeal as a place to live, offering leisure activities and representing the university beyond the borders of Greifswald. By involving the university's members of staff, it also plays a significant role in promoting a positive social climate at the university.

As the largest provider of sports courses in Greifswald, it also has an impact on the entire town of Greifswald, not least through its offers for external participants. Here, Greifswald residents have the opportunity to experience a slice of university life from the inside and get in touch with its members.

The main objectives of University Sport remain the development, safeguarding and provision of a diverse range of high-quality sports, health and exercise programmes tailoured to the individual needs of students and staff.

These objectives can only be achieved on the long run through the provision of well-equipped facilities and sufficient resources.

University Sport is an organisational unit of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and is responsible for designing and organising sports activities for all students and employees of the University of Greifswald. University Sport is a task anchored in the State Higher Education Act and is therefore part of the educational mandate of universities. It organises sports and exercise programmes in over 80 different sports and competition formats throughout the year for the approximately 10,250 students and 6,300 employees of the University of Greifswald (including University Medicine). Around 800 courses of varying lengths take place every year during the lecture and non-lecture periods.

In line with our mission, our goal is to motivate as many people as possible from our target group to participate in sports and to provide the optimal conditions for this. To this end, we strive to create a cost-effective, needs-oriented, diverse and high-quality range of sports and exercise activities for the students and employees of the University of Greifswald, offering variety and balance to everyday study and work life at the university.