Structure of the Institute is a multi-level network of educational, scientific and research, sport and cultural orientation; it includes the following departments:
- Department of Sports Perfection trains bachelor’s degree students in the fields of Physical Culture, and Physical Culture for People with Disabilities in Health (Adapted Physical Education); master’s degree students are trained in the field of Physical Culture (major: Technology of Sports Training).
- Department of Theory and Methodology of Physical Culture and Sports provides training for bachelor’s and master’s degree students in Pedagogical Education in the field of physical education. Postgraduate students are majoring in Biological Sciences, and Physical Culture and Sports.
- Department of Tourism and Socio-Cultural Service trains bachelor’s and master’s degree students in the field of Hotel Business.
- Department of Service and Technology of Material Artistic Processing trains bachelor’s degree students in the fields of Technology of Material Art Processing, and Service (major: fashion industry service).
- Department of Physical Education and Health is a general professional service department which implements educational, methodological and research activity in physical education of students of different majors (specialties) taught in institutes and high schools of SUSU (NRU).
- Department of Technology and Catering Organization provides training of bachelor’s and master’s degree students in the field of Production Technology and Catering Organization; postgraduate students are majoring in Industry Ecology and Biotechnology.
- Student Sport Complex is a sports center of all-Russian level. On the grounds of the center, sport competitions of city, regional and all-Russian level are held regularly. Specialized programs are developed for different population categories. For children’s health improvement and development there are the children’s sports club Olympic, programs in choreography, rhythmic, capoeira, integrated health-improving program with the use of training equipment for children, program for children aged from 1 to 3 “Mother and Baby”, a group for special children's development. On the grounds of the center, the Municipal State-Funded Institution “Sports Swimming School of the Olympic Reserve YUNIKA” (Chelyabinsk) is operating. The SUSU’s Student Sport Center more than once was claimed as the best sports object among universities of the Chelyabinsk region. The center won 1st prize at the all-Russian review sport centers’ contest of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
- Sports Science Research Center conducts fundamental and applied scientific research. Here, members of Russian national youth cross-country ski teams and Olympic shooting team regularly undergo health examinations. An in-depth medical and biological health check is held annually for athletes from the Training Center of Olympic reserve and the School of Higher Sport Mastery of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- Center of Additional Education implements vocational retraining of people with professional education.
- Editorial of the scientific journal “Man. Sport. Medicine”. Editorial board includes 26 scientists from Russia, France, Great Britain, Germany, United States of America, and Slovakia. The journal is included in the list of periodicals reviewed by the Supreme Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The journal is included in the Web of Science database, and all articles published in the journal, starting from 2017, will be indexed.
- Small Innovative Enterprise OOO ISTIS-Tour is a tourist company created on the grounds of the university, and which provides fast travelling across Russia and the world: arranges documents for travels to conferences, work trips, vacations; provides visa support, elaborates tours.
- Small Innovative Enterprise OOO ISTIS-Med is specialized in development of products for medical purpose, for example, medical anatomical “Fizio Step” shoe soles.
