In April 1990, NTNU was under the request of the Ministry of Education for the purpose of conducting a variety of research projects which lead to the improvement of school physical education. At the first stage, according to the research project, it was suggested to set up a center to handle school physical education issues in March 1991. In August 1 st 1992, the School Physical Education R & D Center was established for the planning of long-term school physical education courses.