Bachelor’s Degree (AMK) in the Field of Humanities, Community Educator; Bachelor’s Degree (AMK) in the Field of Humanities, Sports Instructor; Master’s Degree in Sport Science and Management (LitM); Master’s Degree in Social Sciences (YTM); University Degree in Youth Instruction; Bachelor’s Degree in Social Services; College-level Degrees in Youth and Sports Sector. 

Drawing on the demands of working life and its development, the academic degree programmes in the Youth and Sports Sector aim to provide the basic knowledge and skills required to efficiently meet the challenges involved in expert, planning and development tasks.   

Educational institutions

The Master of Sport Sciences degree can be completed at the University of Jyväskylä. The Bachelor of Sport Sciences degree can be completed at the University of Jyväskylä, Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Lahti University of Applied Sciences and Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. The Swedish-language degree can be completed at Arcada University of Applied Sciences.

Up until the year 2000, students were able to earn a Master’s Degree in Social Sciences (YTM) in the field of youth work through the social pedagogics programme at the University of Tampere. The programme served as a continuation to the preceding university degree in youth work. Those who completed the university degree were allowed to use the title of ‘sosionomi’, which today refers to the Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences.

Until 2000, students were also able to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Youth Sciences from the University of Tampere. An equivalent polytechnic degree can today be completed at the educational units of the HUMAK University of Applied Sciences located in Tornio, Haapavesi, Äänekoski, Joensuu, Nurmijärvi and Lohja, and at the Campus of Culture and Youth Work of Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences. The Swedish-language degree can be completed at Arcada University of Applied Sciences.