Degree Programme in Sports and Leisure Management | full-time studies

The Sports and Leisure Management degree at KAMK is a unique degree in Finland. We offer you a versatile degree that develops your professional skillset and competences in management and leadership but also in coaching and instructing, health enhancing, sport tourism and exergaming, with a global outlook. Our students will be doing part of their coaching studies in collaboration with Vuokatti Sports Institute, an international training centre for all year round training.  

Our compact university of applied sciences offers you the synergy between the degrees in Sports and Business, bringing together the professional side of sports with the know-how applied to sports business. The degree is a combination of practice and theory, providing you with the strong theoretical background to succeed in the practical work. During the studies, you will gain real-life work experience from hands-on projects with local companies and two practical training periods. This will enhance your opportunities to find employment opportunities after graduation.

Entrepreneurial competence is the central theme of this study program, along with experiential activities and smart solutions. Our facilities' small-town environment allows us to create individualized educational paths that are custom-fitted to students’ future career desires and also allowing you to graduate more quickly. Beginning in autumn of 2020, students are able to choose between various specializations including arctic sports and tourism, event management or marketing communications to develop their personalized academic path.

For those interested in setting up their own business one day, we can offer the opportunity to participate in a start-up programme that’s designed to develop entrepreneurial skills.

Smart Gym Concept

The SmartGym Concept is a unique model based on new knowledge and competence. SGC introduces students to ‘exergaming’ (exercise + gaming) as a national and international phenomenon and its potential benefits in future job markets. It produces cross-disciplinary expertise in exercise and health promotion using game technology combined with a business and technology-oriented perspective. The concept enables students to work intensively in work-based projects and to network with the best people in the industry. 

Sports Facilities

Our campus offers excellent sports and exercise facilities! The Vimpelinlaakso Sports Park, tennis hall, athletics/ski stadium, ice-rink, ball-games facility and forest running tracks are all located next to the campus. Kajaani’s other municipal services are also situated close by, as the town center is only 2 km away. A famous holiday and sports destination Vuokatti is located only half-an-hour drive away. 

Career opportunities

Graduates of this programme will have attained skills that make them suitable to be employed in a variety of sports and leisure organisations, associations, clubs and businesses, and they will also possess the know-how to run their own sports and leisure enterprises.

Suorita kansainvälinen Bachelor of Sports Studies -tutkinto Kajaanin ammattikorkeakoulussa. Opiskelu sisältää teorian lisäksi myös paljon käytännön harjoittelua.