Sports Management

Hello everyone. My name is Ümit Yüksel. I am a 3rd year student at Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Sports Management Department. My department is a department that appeals to all kinds of sports, deals with the sociological and financial parts of the society, even though it seems far from practices, we are actually a department that expresses more meaningfully that the public and the practice are together. In our department, we have both applied and theoretical courses such as Anatomy, Sports Physiology, Sports Psychology, Sports Policy, Sports Marketing as well as Volleyball, Basketball and Handball. We use our sports facilities and laboratories for these courses. Our school has completed its physical infrastructure and currently has 2 main halls that all students can use. One is our basic hall is the one that you see now, and the other is our tent hall on the other side of the campus. In addition, we have 1 stadium, swimming pool, squash hall, indoor and outdoor tennis courts and basketball courts. Our department has compulsory internships in the second semester of the 4th grade. Among the places where we can do internships, the management parts of the indoor sports halls and the Youth and Sports General Directorates can be given as examples. Here, we can increase our experience in terms of both knowledge and field experience with sports experts. Likewise, we can do internships in the management departments of private and public sports clubs. After graduation, we can work in youth sports general directorates as sports experts or in different departments. We can work in the executive positions of gyms and private sports clubs. The reason why I chose my department is to improve the team spirit and communication skills that the period which I played basketball in my middle school and high school years taught me. At the same time, I chose the Sports Management Department, which covers all areas of sports, both because it is a developing field and I believe it will improve me. My reason for choosing Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University is that it is good in terms of accommodation facilities and social comfort that it provides to students. At the same time, I chose this university because I thought it would provide the opportunity to study at different national and international universities that which it has agreements with. Living in this city was also a factor in my choice of this university. My goal after graduation is to continue the coaching profession. Subsequently, it is to do the management in a more professional way. My biggest goal is to be an academic. I would like to draw a path that can lead to be a professor in the university. The biggest advice I can give to candidates who prefer our university is that they should benefit from all the opportunities of our university. Our university already supports its students with agreements and projects it has made in national and international fields. It is obvious that both our university and our department are developing. Apart from that, we have many facilities and laboratories where we can improve ourselves in the field of sports. All future fellow students should use these opportunities to the fullest. Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University provides us a lot of opportunities in terms of its proximity to big cities. The social areas in our university also enable us to continue our university life well. We invite you here to take advantage of these opportunities. I wish success to all the students who will take the exam.