Founded in 1969, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu im. Jedrzeja Sniadeckiego (Academy of Physical Education and Sport Jedrzej Sniadecki) is a non-profit public higher-education institution located in the large city of Gdansk (population range of 500,000-1,000,000 inhabitants), Pomeranian Voivodeship. Officially recognized by the Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyzszego, Polsce (Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland), Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu im. Jedrzeja Sniadeckiego (AWFIS) is a coeducational Polish higher education institution. Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu im. Jedrzeja Sniadeckiego (AWFIS) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees in several areas of study. AWFIS also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including as well as administrative services.