Abstract
This work represents the first report of the project, the aim of which is to follow the academic success of students at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Belgrade and to predict their achievements, depending on previous academic record, quality of PE course they attended, their motivation to study at our Faculty, their success in the entrance exam and their sports activities. The results of this project will be the basis for a possible revision of Curriculum, with the objective to improve the quality and efficiency of studying, and to enable the students to more quickly acquire the competencies needed for future practical work. In this first step of our project, we investigate the relationship between the standards of the PE course previously attended and candidates' involvement in sports on the one hand, and their success in the entrance exam on the other. We gathered data from 394 candidates entered for the exam. We conducted comparative analysis of the candidates accepted by the Department of Sport (99 out of 206 were admitted to the Department of Sport) and those admitted to the Department of PE (of the 188 who applied to the Department of PE, 108 were admitted).