A Comparative Study of the Current Status of Iranian Universities Intramural Sport Programs with ten year ago

The purpose of this study was comparing the current status of intramural program Iranian universities with ten years ago. In this study, the status of Intramural Program of Iranian Universities in three fields (educational, recreational, championship sport) regarding the number of implemented programs and participants in intramural program and active sports were compared. For investigation of status of intramural program in Iranian universities a researche-made questionnaire with acceptable face validity and (0.81 Cronbach alpha coefficients) reliability, was used. The statistical population included all Iranian universities and the statistical sample included 49 of total 60 universities covered by Ministry of Science, Research and Technology which was randomly selected. The research design was comparative. The result of present study comparison with those in ten years ago (Tondnevis, 1998). Inference statistical methods (Wilcoxon test for variable middle comparison) in level of (p≤ 0/05) was used as statistical method. The Findings indicated that there was not significant difference (p>0/05) between number of educational programs and recreational program in the last ten years, while significant difference (p≤0/05) was found in the number of teams participating in championship sport, Also there was not significant difference (p>0/05) between number of participants in educational programs, but the difference between number of participants in recreational programs was significant(p≤0/05). The result revealed significant difference between numbers of active sports in universities intramural. In conclusion the status of intramural sport program in Iranian universities has been improved regarding ten year ago.