The Cybersport Center as part of the Engineering and Technological Department University of Turkmenistan named after Oguzkhan continues successful and fruitful work in the direction of development high-tech sports in the country.

Training takes place here in the virtual space, competitions, matches with the participation of sports team leaders and athletes. Students master and train sports and digital skills required for next generation sports –eSports, which is taking an increasingly confident position in modern sports industry.

Today, eSports, also known as computer or electronic sports, recognized as an official sport in many countries of the world. As in traditional sports, there is several main areas of eSports that differ in the types and features of computer games, properties of spaces, models, game task and developed gaming skills of cyber sportsmen.

In 2008, the International Federation was established in Korea eSports (IeSF), which currently unites 128 national eSports federations from around the world. In September 2020, the National Federation joined the IeSF electronic sports of Turkmenistan (TMeSF), which became one of significant steps in achieving the goals set in the country for development of e-sports.

Creation of the Cybersport Center in Engineering and Technology University of Turkmenistan named after Oguzkhan in the 2023-2024 academic year year became another result of large-scale activities on comprehensive development of sports in Turkmenistan, preparation talented Turkmen athletes, carried out thanks to enormous efforts, support and close attention to this sphere of Respected President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and National Leader of the Turkmen people.

The Esports Center is equipped with high-speed Internet, powerful computers, virtual reality devices and other necessary, most modern advanced equipment in accordance with high international standards.

The main tasks of the center are the development of all types of e-sports in Turkmenistan, education of the younger generation e-sportsmen who are fluent in modern digital space, uniting talented students through holding various competitions, their preparation and participation in international competitions, formation national teams in various types of e-sports, development interest in e-sports and its popularization among the Turkmen youth.

The center regularly conducts training for young esports athletes who, with great enthusiasm and zeal, participate in them. The emphasis is on quality and dynamic formation and development of e-sports skills and abilities of participants, effectiveness of classes.

Currently, the E-Sports center has teams for Dota 2, Counter Strike 2, E-football, E-basketball and other type’s eSports. They participate in competitions at various levels and occupy leading positions in the ranking of the Asian region in terms of Dota 2 and CS2.

The center's athletes demonstrated high level of training highly competitive cyber competitions in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2, held in September last year among university students and further in the interuniversity format within High Technology Week “Sustainable Economic Development: innovation and industrialization" in Turkmenistan.

In February-March of this year in the Russian city of Kazan representatives of the eSports center successfully performed at the Games future" - the first international multi-sport tournament in physical sports (innovative biathlon combining elements of real and virtual competitions).

The activities of the university center produce significant results and an excellent opportunity for young people to grow, develop, improve your skills. At the same time, the work of the center contributes to the successful solution of one of the main tasks states for comprehensive and dynamic development Turkmen sports and training of high-class athletes.