Note that in Kharkiv are two colleges of Physical Culture, one belongs to the Kharkiv Oblast, another is administered directly by the Government of Ukraine through the Ministry of Sports.
The college was created in 1986 as the Kharkiv city boarding school in winter sports.
[1] In 1997-2002 it was known as the Regional Humanitarian College (Ukrainian: обласне вище гуманітарне училище).
The college is specialized in following sports: badminton, basketball, biathlon, volleyball, handball, table tennis, cross-country skiing, powerlifting, athletics (short track), female association football, chess.
Upon successful completion a college graduate of the school receives an undergraduate diploma in "Physical development".