The national "2 1 1 Project" focuses on the construction of colleges and universities, and it has been selected as the sports colleges and universities of "Academic Innovation and Intelligence Introduction Program for Colleges and Universities", "National Advanced Postgraduate University Construction", "National New Engineering Research and Practice Project" and "China Government Scholarship Receiving Institution for Overseas Students in China". The school was founded in 1952, and the opening ceremony was held in 1953. Formerly known as Central Institute of Physical Education, 1956 was renamed Beijing Institute of Physical Education, and 1993 was renamed Beijing Sport University.
According to the information of official website in May 2023, the school covers an area of about 755,000 square meters, with a building area of about 4 1.000 square meters. * * There are nearly 1 0,000 indoor and outdoor training venues and more than10.3 million books. There are 4 departments, 25 colleges and 4 1 undergraduate majors; There are 1 postdoctoral research mobile stations, 6 first-class disciplines and 2 professional master's degree authorization points; There are more than 3000 students of all levels and types/kloc-0, including more than 9800 undergraduates and more than 3500 postgraduates.