This article presents a new approach to the discipline "physical education" and aims to include all students in higher education institutions in motor activities based on interests (individually or at academic group level), to meet the needs of movement and the orientation towards the systematic practice of a sport during the whole life. The reconceptualization of university physical education consisted in the redesign of disciplinary curriculum, taking into account modern approaches to curriculum development, where the priority role is intended for educational purposes expressed in terms of skills, but also for diversifying the forms of practicing physical education activities. The forms of organizing physical education activities proposed to students are the following: lessons - sports tests on a circle or modules/sports tests, physical education sections and motor activities/sports practised outside the educational institution. These forms of activities will intensify the focus on learner, valorizing on the principles of individualization, differentiation and personalization of the learning process.