Programme Information

In the Department of Sports Management, we aim to raise young people who can adapt to different business areas in the globalizing sports industry and business life with a versatile, qualified and international education.
Our curriculum is shaped according to the most important issues of the rapidly changing industry; development through sports, sports and leisure economics, sports expertise, exercise, healthy life and happiness, diversity management, sports communication, sports management, talent selection in sports, sponsorship, marketing strategies, fitness centers management, information technologies, sports and social media, It includes many innovative and different courses such as sports competition analysis, behavioral sciences, sports psychology, and strategic human resources in sports.
Our department will start education activities in the 2024/2025 fall semester. Our students who will be admitted to the sports management department are placed through the "Special Ability Exam" held centrally in accordance with the principles of the Special Ability Exam and Selection Method of the Higher Education Institutions Examination Guide.
Students graduating from the program will have business management knowledge and transferable skills and will have career opportunities in the business and sports industries.

The most commonly used teaching methods in the programs at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University are given below.

Expression
Question answer
Argument
Practice and Practice
impression
Show and Don't Do
Role Playing
Team work
simulation
Brainstorming
Six Hats
Case study
Experiment / Laboratory / Workshop / Field Application
Individual study
Problem solving
Project Based Learning (Including field work)

The most commonly used Measurement Methods in the programs at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University are given below.

Exam (Written Exam / Test: True-False Test, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Test, Matching Test)
Oral examination
Homework
Project / Design
portfolio
Performance Task (Practice / Laboratory / Workshop / Field Study / Seminar / Presentation / Dissertation / Thesis)

Sports Management department is an undergraduate diploma program with a minimum of 240 ECTS credits and the Overarching Framework of European Qualifications Framework of HE (QF-EHEA) together with the 6th level Turkish Higher Education Qualifications Framework (TYYÇ, NQF-HETR) and the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning. It meets the minimum requirements of (EQF-LLL).
When the program is successfully completed and program qualifications are met, you will receive a Bachelor's degree in Sports Management.

Our students who will be admitted to the sports management department will take the "Special Talent Exam" held centrally in accordance with the principles of the Special Ability Exam and Selection Method of the Higher Education Institutions Examination Guide, according to the results of the Higher Education Institutions Exam (Y-TYT SUCCESS ORDER) conducted by the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM). is placed with .

In order for the student to graduate from the Sports Management program:

Having a GPA of at least 2.00 out of 4.00,
Success in all compulsory courses in the education program,
Achieving all other work envisaged in the program,
Completing a total workload of 240 ECTS credits,
Graduation must be decided by the relevant board of directors.
Students who are decided to graduate are given their diploma and a diploma supplement issued in English in accordance with the relevant legislation.

Current education admission procedures, including formal and non-formal learning, are only at the beginning of their development phase in Turkey, and there is no comprehensive and adequate legal framework on this subject at the national level. However, within the framework of institutional autonomy, there are also some practices at the institutional level for the assignment of credits that provide exemption from some program requirements based on RPL. In these studies, which are especially implemented at a comprehensive level, students who have knowledge and skills in areas such as foreign languages ​​and computer use are subjected to an exam before entering the university, and students who are successful at a certain level by the program they are accepted to are considered exempt from the relevant parts of the curriculum. However, RPL is also applied to students who wish to transfer to another institution that is at the same or higher level than the field they are studying, including abroad. In such cases, students may be deemed exempt from courses that are the same or similar to the courses they have previously taken and succeeded in, based on the approval of the program's adjustment board. Admission procedures such as these are used extensively at our university. Regulations regarding the general admission conditions for such practices are outlined in the relevant sections of the Education and Examination Regulations and Directives.

  Graduate students;
• General Directorate of Youth and Sports and affiliated Provincial Directorates and Provincial Organization,
• National and international sports federations,
• Amateur and professional sports clubs,
• Public and private health clubs, sports facilities and gyms,
• Public and privately managed schools or universities,
• Tourism sector and hotels,
• Health, sports and wellness units of companies,
• Visual and written sports media organizations,
• Units of companies related to sponsorship services
• They can work in middle and senior management levels that can meet the needs in their fields.
 Additionally, graduate students;
• They can also have academic career opportunities by attending master's and doctoral programs.

Students who graduate from this program can apply to study in graduate programs.