Recognizing the need for professional staff in the field of physical culture (physiculture), the Government of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia passed the „Decree on the State Institute of Physical Culture (DIF)“, on July 16th 1946 which abolished the School for Physical Education and established the State Institute of Physical Culture.

   With this Regulation, the State Institute of Physical Culture was established as a "professional high school of general public interest, the task of which is to train highly qualified PE leaders and teachers". It was determined that the studies would last for three years, and two years later in 1948, the studies were extended to four years, and the School became equal with other higher education institutions.

16.7.1946: „Decree on the State Institute of Physical Culture (DIF)“

   Starting from the school year 1951/52, the name of the State Institute of Physical Culture was changed to the Institute of Physical Culture, in accordance with the existing socio-political and administrative changes in the initiated process of "extinction of the state". In addition to this change of the name, all duties, tasks, organization and functions of the School remained the same.

   On October 12th, 1956, the National Assembly of the People's Republic of Serbia passed the Law on College of Physical Education, and put in equivalent position the College students and the students of other faculties of Belgrade University by the following legal provision: „The diplomas issued by the College have the same value as the diplomas issued by faculties of the University“.
   The College of Physical Education became a part of the University of Belgrade on January 6th, 1963, and it was a recognition to the institution for overall achievement in education and scientific work. In this way, it was recognized that it reached the level and rank of other faculties of the University of Belgrade.
   In 1964/65 school year, the first postgraduate studies were organized for 16 students.
   The first doctoral dissertation in the field of physical education was defended by professor Nikola Kurelić, teacher of this school, in May 1965 at the Academy in Warsaw and he became the first doctor of science in this field at the Faculty and in Yugoslavia.
   In September 1968, after thirty years of work in the building of the former Sokol Centre of the Sokol movement Belgrade, the School moved to a new building in Košutnjak.

   The Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Serbia passed the Law on the Faculty of Physical Education on December 11th, 1968, providing that the College of Physical Education in Belgrade shall continue its work as the Faculty of Physical Education.
      Thus the long-lasting efforts of teachers, students and employees, their hard work and achieved results were awarded. The Faculty became the highest university teaching and scientific institution, and from December 11th, 1985, this date is marked as the Faculty anniversary.

11.12.1968: „The Law on the Faculty of Physical Education“

   In addition to the existing teaching-scientific work at the Faculty, new forms of training of professional staff for sports and sports recreation and other organizational units were formed:

1. Two years of higher education, starting from the school year 1974/75.

2. The Centre for education of coaching staff, where amateurs were trained for sports and sports recreation,

3. The Centre for Physical Education of Students at the University of Belgrade, was founded at the Faculty in 1969 and organized PE classes at all faculties of the University of Belgrade,

4. The Centre for School Sport, founded at the Faculty in early 1978, which provided professional assistance to the Alliance of Olympic Sports Games of the school youth of Serbia;

5. The Museum of Physical Culture was founded in the first years of our Faculty's work after the Second World War, which, after the death of prof. Borivoje Jovanović, professor of History of Physical Culture, was transformed into the Museum Collection of History of Physical Culture. At the beginning of 1979, the Museum Collection of the History of Physical Culture grew and with the financial assistance of the Republic Committee for Physical Culture and the History Commission, the Archive and Museum of History of physical culture, was transformed into, the Museum of Physical Culture of Serbia.

   The Faculty of Physical Education changed the name into the Faculty for Physical Culture in 1987, to incorporate all activities of the Faculty with a new name, in all segments of physical culture (physical education, sport, sports recreation).

   In 1990 the Faculty changed its name into the Faculty of Physical Culture, and retained it for the next ten years. In this period the Faculty underwent intensive reforms, primarily as for the structure of the studies including thus the curriculum and the syllabi. «The Reform Committee» worked very hard and elaborated a new curriculum of the four-year studies which was adopted at the end of the decade. The beginning of the nineties of the last century marked the intense improvement of scientific and research work, the Methodological-Research Laboratory was formed, the Faculty took over publishing of the Journal „Physical Culture“, and the „Yearbook“ was revived. The Faculty was permanently engaged in envisaging important legislative documents (Law on Physical Education, Law on Primary Education, Law on Secondary Education, and Law on University). To continue developing physical education and sport at the University, the Faculty founded the University Department for PE of the Belgrade University Students.

   In May 1990 an agreement on construction of open courts of the Faculty was signed. In June 1997 the cornerstone of the multifunctional hall of the Faculty was laid.

   „The Nineties“ were marked by large number of students from Greece who studied at our Faculty. Many of them still show their attachment to the Faculty confirmed also by the existence of the association of Greek students of our Faculty «DIF 80». This association is in contact with many students from Serbia, and they organized several visits to our Faculty. During 1990s, there were many students from the parts of the former SFRY inflicted by the war, first of all from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina who arrived here and studied at the Faculty.

   In its eighty-year-long existence, the Faculty has undergone different developmental phases, changing years of studies, curricula and names, consequently to become an institution worthy of admiration and respect.