CampusSport’s newsletter 12/2025
In this newsletter:
1. Schedule for the spring published
2. Enrollment for courses will start 5 Jan 2026
3. Opening hours during Christmas season
4. Upcoming competitions
5. Changes in the administrative team
6. The change in the VAT rate does not affect CampusSport’s prices
7. Returning the key tag
1. Schedule for the spring published
The sports schedule for the spring semester 2026 is now published! You can find the sports schedule on page Schedule.
The sports schedule is valid 7 Jan – 29 Apr 2026. All the shifts listed in the sports schedule are included in the sports fee which you can pay either for the academic year, for one semester or for 30 days. You can pay the sports fee for the spring semester at CampusSport’s online store starting from Fri 2 Jan 2026 at 10 am. Please check before paying the fee whether you have already paid the sports fee for the whole academic year 2025-2026.
2. Enrollment for courses will start 5 Jan 2026
Enrollment for the courses with separate fees starts on Mon 5 Jan 2026 at 2 pm. You can enroll in courses by paying the course fee at the online store of CampusSport. The courses offered this spring are Calisthenics for beginners, Couple salsa for beginners, Fusion belly dance for beginners, Fitness boxing technique, Gym training for beginners, Hyrox for beginners, Orienteering for beginners, Pole dancing for beginners, Singing bowls relaxation and Taekwondo for beginners in English. The last day to enrol in the courses is 18 Jan.
You can find the course descriptions, timetables and prices on page Courses.
3. Opening hours during Christmas season
The last classes and shifts of the autumn semester were held on 14 Dec. However, all CampusSport’s gyms will be open according to normal opening hours throughout the Christmas break, except during deep cleaning periods.
The gyms are closed due to deep cleaning:
- Aurum Mon 29 Dec 2025 at 6.00–14.00
- Tyyssija Wed 31 Dec 2025 at 6.00–16.00
Cleaning at Roddis does not affect the opening hours.
The customer service hours at Educarium during Christmas season:
- Fri 19 Dec at 16.00–17.00
- Tue 23 Dec at 16.00–17.00
- Tue 30 Dec at 16.00–17.00
- Fri 2 Jan at 16.00–17.00
- Mon 5 Jan at 16.00–17.00
The customer service desk at Sport Sirkka is closed 15 Dec 2025 – 6 Jan 2026.
In case your issue does not require visiting the customer service desk, the best way to reach us is to send e-mail to address info@campussport.fi.
4. Upcoming competitions
CampusSport organizes several competitions during the academic year. You don’t have to pay the sports fee in order to participate. Anyone can put a team together, as long as you are a student or a staff member in one of the universities in Turku. You can for example ask fellow students to join your team and participate in the competitions. Depending on the competition, there are separate beginner, amateur, competition and personnel series. CampusSport’s competitions are part of CampusSport Cup, which is a series of competitions that consists of different sports and lasts for the whole season. You can participate in just one competition, it is not mandatory to be part of the Cup.
More information about the competitions and CampusSport Cup is available on the page Competitions.
Enrolment for the competitions takes place on the Entering page.
Upcoming competitions:
Basketball
Time: On weekdays between 9 am and 6 pm, starting from 12 January 2026. Estimated length of the competition is 3 weeks.
Location: Educarium (Assistentinkatu 5, Turku) and Iskeri (Rehtorinpellonkatu 4, Turku)
Additional information: Playing time 2 x 15 min, no effective time. There is a beginner, an amateur, a competition and a personnel series. A CampusSport Cup team sport.
Participation fee: 74 € / team
Last day to enrol: 28 December 2025
Badminton
Time: On weekdays between 9 am and 4 pm, starting from 19 January 2026. Estimated length of the competition is 1 week.
Location: Educarium (Assistentinkatu 5, Turku) and Iskeri (Rehtorinpellonkatu 4, Turku)
Additional information: All equipment can be borrowed from CampusSport. There are men’s, women’s and personnel singles as well as men’s, women’s and mixed doubles games. A CampusSport Cup racket sport.
Participation fee: 10 € / player / series or 13 € / team /series
Last day to enrol: 4 January 2026
Ice hockey
Time: On teams’ own practice shifts starting from 26 January 2026. If a team does not have a shift of its own, games will be played during CampusSport’s shifts. Estimated length of the competition is 6-8 weeks.
Additional information: Full protective gear required. Playing time 2 x 20 min, no effective time. There is only one series. A CampusSport Cup team sport.
Participation fee: 74 € / team
Last day to enrol: 11 January 2026
5. Changes in the administrative team
There have been personnel changes in the CampusSport’s administrative team. Noora Sartela has returned from parental leave to her position as a sports coordinator at the University of Turku. Tero Martimo, who has done an excellent job filling in for Noora, will continue in the CampusSport’s administrative team for another year, as he will be replacing Kristiina Teppo, who is currently working as a sports coordinator at Åbo Akademi University. Kristiina will go on a study leave at the end of the year and resume her duties in January 2027.
6. The change in the VAT rate does not affect CampusSport’s prices
Finnish Parliament has decided to change the value added tax (VAT) rate of the sports services from a 14% VAT rate to a 13,5% VAT rate from 1 Jan 2026. The change in the VAT rate is so small that it will not affect CampusSport’s sports fees, single reservations, or competition fees. The prices of these services will therefore remain unchanged despite the change in the tax rate. The VAT rate for other CampusSport services is 0% or 25.5%, so other prices will not be affected.
The VAT change would only have a minor monetary impact on the regular shift prices for large sports halls. CampusSport’s pricing principle is to keep prices reasonable, and they have not always been increased in line with previous VAT adjustments or rising costs. For these reasons, the prices for regular shifts will also remain unchanged despite the change in the tax rate.
7. Returning the key tag
If you won’t use CampusSport’s services in the future, you can bring back your key tag to support sustainability. There is no deposit. You can bring the tag to the sports service counters, or you can drop it in the mailbox which is located by the sports service counter in Educarium.