Sports hall sessions for JYU students and staff

This page provides information on how students and staff can apply for sports sessions at the University of Jyväskylä

Application for sports hall sessions for students and staff

Students and staff members of the University of Jyväskylä can apply for a weekly one-hour sports hall session for the academic year 2025 - 2026 (September - May). The application period starts in August 11, 2025 and lasts until August 24, 2025. The sports sessions will start at he beginning of September as soon as the time slots have been confirmed.

Regular sessions for badminton can no longer be applied for. Badminton sessions are organized by uMove.

Tentative bookings for the sports hall sessions are made in an online booking calendar. Please, be careful when booking a session. Make sure you do not delete bookings already made on the calendar. Making an overlapping booking is strictly prohibited. If your primary wish for the sports session has already been booked, make a booking for your secondary option on the calendar and state your primary wish on the application form and give good reasons for your wish. The Facility Services will make the final decisions on the time slots to be given. If the calendar templates are full, only fill out the application form. We will contact you if time slots become available.

To book a sports hall session you must have a username of the university and you must also have Office 365 activated. If activation is missing, you can do so in the university’s OMA servicesIf problems occur, please contact HelpJYU.

In matters related to sports hall sessions and the application process, please contact Facility Services via HelpJYU Service Portal.

If there are still sports sessions available after the application period on August, it is possible to reserve sports sessions for the spring season (February - May). Inquiries about the available sports sessions during the spring season can be made between January 1 and January 18, 2026 via the Facility Services' HelpJYU Service Portal.

Sports sessions on the Campus sports field

Subject organizations, student groups and staff groups can book regular sessions or one-time sessions at the Campus sports field from April 14, 2025 onwards. The sports sessions are free of charge. Groups can book a one-hour session per week. Sports sessions are intended only for the members of the university community. The field can be reserved from Monday to Friday from 3 pm to 9 pm and from Saturday to Sunday from 8 am to 9 pm. You can go to the side of the field to warm up before the start of your session.

Staff can book sports sessions on the Campus sports field through the KOVS system. 

Student groups and subject organizations can make reservations through JYY's Member Services Secretary, jasenpalvelusihteeri@jyy.fi.

More information: HelpJYU Service Portal

Tennis court sessions

The campus tennis courts and the Teqball table can now be booked for the summer of 2025. You can find more information about booking the tennis courts and the Teqball table here.