In 2000 the Faculty of Physical Culture changed its name into „the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education“, which is still used. It was not merely cosmetic and hasty change but the result of serious rethinking of the Faculty staff. The idea was to make the Faculty name recognizable in line with the tendencies in the development of profession and science similarly to other relevant faculties in Europe. First, the new curriculum had the first two core years of studies that subsequently were directed to three distinctive paths: Sport, Physical Education and Recreation. However, in 2003 new curricula were adopted, and they enabled students to acquire knowledge and opt for one of the two distinctive profiles: physical education and sport. Besides, a significant number of new subjects appeared, such as: Fundamentals of Sport of the Youth (Children's sport), Analytics and Diagnostics, Technology of Sports Training, etc.

   Significant changes in the reformed higher education in our country marked the beginning of the 21st century. Involvement into the „European family“ of universities meant the adjustment of the higher education system to standards of the Bologna process. To become part of the European Higher Education Area meant that the curricula, i.e. academic titles, as well as the mobility of students, teachers and the workforce based on it, were mutually consistent and recognizable. In line with the above, in 2006, the curricula were harmonized with the Law on Higher Education according to the principles of the Bologna Declaration. The reforms that occurred at the Faculty logically followed the decades of innovations of curricula, while retaining their authenticity, given the experience on which our institution was built. The organization of studies in accordance with the Bologna Declaration resulted in the current six study programs, particularly emphasising doctoral studies, which greatly contributed to the improvement of results in scientific and research activities of teachers, associates and students.

   The past decade was marked not only by the activities and reforms within the Faculty, but also by the activities outside it, in all segments, physical education, sports, recreation. Teachers of the course Theory of Physical Education have made a significant contribution to the improvement of physical education in our educational system, by engaging in commissions for development and designing of PE syllabi. They participated as team members in the following projects: Monitoring and Improvement of Educational Standards for the end of Primary Education – IPA 2011 project; General Education and Human Capital Development (Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia and the Institute for Evaluation and Quality in Education, 2013) and „Development of Education in the Republic of Serbia“ – Development of Standards and Evaluation – Drafting Standards for Student Achievements for the end of compulsory education (Ministry of Education and Sports of the Republic of Serbia and the Institute for Evaluation and Quality in Education, 2005-2010). They realized trainings for application of educational standards in the realization of the final exams in primary education (the Institute for Evaluation and Quality in Education, 2011), created and implemented the project Establishment of a System for Monitoring Physical Development and development of motor skills of pupils in physical education (the Institute for Evaluation and Quality in Education, and the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Belgrade, 2011-2014). The results of their research in projects, „Effects of applied physical activity on locomotor, metabolic, psycho-social and educational status of the population of the Republic of Serbia“ (2011-2014) and „Improvement of quality and availability of education in the processes of modernization of Serbia“ (2011-2014) have been implemented in the teaching practice of physical education. Since 2010, the authors have also organized the programs approved by the Institute for Improvement of Education, making a significant contribution to the continuous professional development of PE teachers. They are chairs of the commissions that organize exams for obtaining a license for work in education. They were engaged as introductory lecturers at seminars for the professional development of PE teachers within the project „Sport in Schools“, realized by the Association for the School Sport of Serbia.

   National Education Council has adopted measures to improve the health of children and youth by improving the teaching of physical education, the document prepared by the Interagency Working Group that included representatives from several line ministries and professional organizations, as well as teachers from the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education,University of Belgrade.

   After decades of been neglected, in 2006 mass sport, recreation, sport for all, sports recreation were put high on the social agenda and became one of the priorities of sports movement in the Republic of Serbia, thanks to engagement of our teachers of the subject Theory and methodology of recreation. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Youth and Sport, Association for School Sports, Serbian Pedagogical Physical Education Society, Institute for the Promotion of Education, Institute for Evaluation of the Quality of Education, and Faculty of Sports and Physical Education of the University of Belgrade – they all work together to promote recreational sport, each in its own scope of work.
   The Faculty actively participated in drafting the Law on Sport in 2011 and 2016 and the accompanying documents and regulations. Representatives of the Faculty participated in the development of the Sport Development Strategy for the period 2014-2018 and the Action Plan for its implementation.

   Cooperation is strengthened with the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Serbia, the Olympic Committee of Serbia, the Sports Association of Serbia, Serbian Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine, a large number of sports associations of different sports and sports clubs. The Faculty teachers actively took part in achievements of top sports results of Serbian athletes, as coaches, fitness trainers, members of expert teams, sports director of the Olympic Committee of Serbia, leaders of our Olympic mission in Beijing 2008 and Rio (2012). Two Faculty projects with the Ministry of Youth and Sports under the title: Engagement teaching and scientifc personnel with the accredited state universities sports in the context of the activities of national sports federations and elite clubs and professional sta. from the national sport in the education system and training at accredited sports state educational institutions (2010) and nvolvement in the recreation of the citizens of the Republic of Serbia (2010) were completed.

   In the last five years, the Faculty concluded agreements on cooperation with the following associations: Belgrade Biathlon Association, Gymnastics Association of Belgrade, Kayak Association of Serbia, Serbian Association of Physical Education and Sports of Belgrade, Athletic Association of Serbia, Orienteering Association of Belgrade, Orienteering Association of Serbia, Rafting Association of Serbia, Association for Practical Shooting of Serbia, Association for Synchronized Swimming of Serbia, Sports Association of the City of Sremska Mitrovica, Belgrade Triathlon Association, Kyokushinkai Karate Association of Serbia, Serbian Swimming Federation, Serbian Ice Hockey Association, Serbian "Sokol" Association, Serbia Chess Federation, Jet Ski Association of Serbia, Serbian Sailing Association, Fencing Federation of Serbia, Serbian Dragon Boat Association, Serbian Kung Fu Wushu Association of Belgrade, Table Tennis Association of Serbia, University Sports Association of Belgrade, Chess Federation of Central Serbia, Boules Association of Serbia, Serbian Dance Association, Handball Federation of Serbia, Serbian Association for Bodybuilding, Fitness, Body Fitness and Aerobics, Serbian Weightlifting Association, Serbian Association for Recreation and Fitness, Ski Association of Serbia, Sport Union of Persons with Disabilities, Rowing Federation of Serbia, Belgrade Karate Federation, Savate Association of Serbia, Association for School Sports, Serbian Diving Federation.

   The Faculty honoured the elite coaches by awarding them honorary diplomas:

• 2017. - Igor Kokoškov,
• 2016. - Bogdan Obradović,
• 2014. - Aleksandar Đorđević,
• 2012. - Aleksandar Boričić and;
• 2011. - Vuk Rašović.

   By founding the Centre for International Cooperation, the Faculty has intensified its international cooperation. We set up the Centre for Professional Education and Advanced Training, which educates professional jobs in sport and recreation, as well as the Publishing Centre. Narrow scientific fields of the Faculty were defined and the Faculty Departments were reorganized.

   At the initiative of Vladimir Koprivica, PhD, a statutory meeting of the „ALUMNI DIF BEOGRAD“ Association, with its seat at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Belgrade University, was held on September 24th 2016. It was attended by about forty former male and female students and professors, including the eldest ones, Pavle Opavski PhD, and Leon Lukman, PhD. The Association has been established in order to improve the reputation of the profession, connect the graduates of the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Belgrade as well as to promote and implement modern education in sports, physical education and recreation. Thus, the FSPE has become the third faculty of the University of Belgrade, besides the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, which has got its association of graduate students.

   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.