Obtain a Prestigious Degree in Recreation

About EMU

• Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) is a state university of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
• This year, EMU has celebrated its 41st anniversary.
• EMU is a Times Higher Education (THE) 801-1000 ranked university in 2020.
• EMU has been ranked 251-300 in THE Young University Rankings.
• EMU has students from 110 different nationalities.
• EMU has more than 60,000 graduates.
• EMU offers 50 – 100 % scholarships.
• EMU is an English-medium university.

Mission

• The main aims of the Recreation Management Program are:
• To provide high-quality education and training in recreation, leisure, and sports management.
• To train professionals in the field of recreation, leisure, and sports management by cultivating a broad understanding of recreation, leisure, and sports in our society while developing managerial competence.
• To train proficient and ethically responsible professionals as required by both the public and the private sectors of society.
• To meet challenges such as educating people to appreciate and use their environment for enjoyment without causing detrimental impact, and enhancing life through the positive use of leisure and recreation time.

Opportunities Offered

The leisure and entertainment industry, involving billions of dollars every year, is thriving. Entertainment has come to play a central role in our lives. It enhances our lives by shaping our beliefs, attitudes, judgments, and actions. It shapes us as individuals, as groups, and as societies. The Eastern Mediterranean University campus covers a total area of 3,000 acres within walking distance of the historic walled city of Famagusta, the ancient city of Salamis, the Bronze Age settlement of Engomi, Othello’s Tower, and beautiful beaches on the Mediterranean. With its superb indoor sports complex and its many outdoor facilities of international quality, the university offers a wide range of sports opportunities, including football, basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, tennis, squash, JUI-JITSU, table tennis, billiards, chess, wrestling, cycling, triathlon and football tennis. Our students representing the university in the leagues are awarded scholarships by the university. Last but not least, the cricket, bowling, darts, swimming, futsal, and football teams successfully represent the University in the inter-university tournaments and leagues.

Job Opportunities

Graduates may embark on management careers in any sector of recreation, leisure, and sports industry. Possible employers are leisure centers, health and fitness clubs, tourism enterprises, ministries of sports, ministries of tourism, sports tourism facilities, health tourism facilities, accommodation enterprises, social facilities, recreation facilities, nursing homes, holiday villages, social services and facilities, children’s recreation activities, sports and recreation activities, socio-cultural recreation activities, hospitality and administrative service areas, animation businesses, private schools, universities, special education centers, sports facilities, local administrations (municipalities), ski resorts, beach resorts, casino resorts, summer camps, tourist bureaus, tour operators, commercial recreation enterprises, national parks, amusement parks, youth directorates, and youth camps.

Quality of Graduates

To improve the quality of individuals’ and communities’ lives by generating, developing, and applying knowledge, communicating this knowledge to others, and educating professionals committed to providing recreation, leisure, sports, and tourism resources that are environmentally, socially, and economically beneficial.