In autumn of 1948 the Department of Physical Culture was established at the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute (BPI). The academic staff of the Department coosisted of 6 specialists, namely: I.F. Pekhotny, Head of the Department, and five teachers - A.M. Okhrimenko, N.I. Belokryltseva, E.Y. Orekhova, E.S. Volynets and O.V. Podvishinskaya. Since that time the Department has been involved in the physical training of students for more than 60 years.
On November 1, 2010 the Department of Physical Culture of the Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) was reorganized into the Sports and Technical Faculty.
In 2018 the Faculty enrolled 50 students for the following specialties:
- 1-60 01 01 "Technical Support of Sport Objects Operation" - 25 students funded by the government budget and 5 students on payment basis;
- 1-60 02 02 "Sport Equipment Design and Manufacture" - 20 students funded by the government budget.
Nowadays the Dean of the Faculty is Ivan V. Belsky, Professor (PhD in Pedagogy). The academic staff consists of 113 teachers: 1 - Professor (PhD in Pedagogy), 9 - Professor (PhD in Philosophy), 12 - Associate Professors, 1 - Honored Coach of the BSSR, 3 - Honored Coaches of the Republic of Belarus, 1 - Honored Master of Sports, 4 - International Master of Sports, 40 - Masters of Sports, 5 - International Judges, 4 - Judges of the Highest National Category and 11 - Judges of National Category.
