The Department carries out educational, methodical and scientific work on the basis of orders of the Minister of defense, tasks Of the Department of combat training( UFP), Department of education and science of the Ministry of defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, standard curricula of the National defense University.

Purpose, specialization of the Department:

The purpose of the Department is to ensure the physical readiness of military personnel of permanent and variable composition of the University, corresponding to the requirements of standards for physical training.

Physical training is the main subject of combat training, an important and integral part of military training and education of undergraduates. Physical training classes are aimed at the development of agility, strength and strength endurance, flexibility, resistance to overload, spatial orientation, education of courage and determination, drill posture and fitness. In the classroom, conditions are created for the qualitative formation of students ‘ methodological skills.

The main tasks of the Department:
Development and maintenance at the required level of endurance, strength, speed and agility in military personnel of variable and permanent composition;
Strengthening of the musculoskeletal system, prevention of diseases and bad habits, hardening of the body;
Education of mental stability, self-confidence, determination, courage and determination, initiative and resourcefulness, perseverance and perseverance, endurance and self-control;
Formation of readiness of the military personnel of variable and constant structure to transfer of extreme physical and mental loadings during preparation for military operations, especially in the conditions of mountain-desert district;
Development and improvement of educational and material-technical base;
Preparation and publication of educational, methodical and scientific materials to ensure the educational activities of the Department
  
Disciplines of the Department of physical training and sports
Physical training;
Physical preparation of the head.

Also, the Department conducted the following activities with variable and permanent composition of the University:

sports and mass work;
participation in the sports Contest of the armed forces of Kazakhstan;
participation in competitions held by the akimat of Nur-Sultan and Akmola garrison.