The aim of this study is to discover the reading habits of students of Physical Education and Sport Departments in Turkish universities. 14 universities were involved in this study and a descriptive-survey method was used. Data collected by a questionnaire were analyzed by means of the SPSS for Windows statistics packet programme. According to the results it was seen that students do not read, do not use university libraries sufficiently and do not follow periodical publications. Moreover it is estimated that the amount of vocabulary read in one minute is around 101-200 words.

Keywords: Reading habits, physical education and sport, Turkish universities