The aim of this study is to examine the leadership orientations of the students of the recreation and sports management department. The universe of the research consists of students studying in the sports management and recreation department. The number of students included in the scope of the research is 400, 261 from the sports management department and 139 from the recreation department. The sample of the study was selected by convenience sampling method. In the study, the "Personal Information Form" and the Multidimensional Leadership Orientations Scale (MLAS) prepared by the researchers were used. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics (frequency, arithmetic mean, standard deviation), in statistical analysis since the data do not show normal distribution; Mann Whitney-U tests were used for pairwise comparisons and Kruskal Wallis-H tests were used for more than two comparisons. As a result of the analyzes made; No significant difference was found in the sub-dimensions of leadership orientations according to age and class variables (p>0.05). Structural leadership in the gender variable; in the sub-dimension of political leadership in department and leadership attainment variables; political and structural in the variable of doing sports; In the variable of leadership in the organization, it was determined that there were significant differences in the political and charismatic leadership sub-dimensions (p<0.05). In the study, it is seen that the students' human-based leadership orientations are the highest in terms of leadership orientations. However, it was determined that there were significant differences in the political leadership sub-dimension the most. In conclusion, the higher political leadership orientation of the students may be due to their better use of their ability to understand the participants effectively in order to overcome the differences of opinion in the organizations they lead.