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In this study, a quantitative paradigm-based survey model was used to determine university students' attitudes towards leisure activities. Variations in attitudes toward leisure activities, as well as differences in the socio-demographic mix of university students, were studied in the study. The levels of student engagement in leisure activities (physical, social, cultural-artistic, touristic, and other activities) were categorized into the lower, middle, and high levels, and variations in attitudes toward leisure activities. The sample of this study consists of 720 volunteer students selected randomly and studying in sixteen faculties and four vocational schools of Selcuk University, Tükiye.As a result of the research, no statistically significant difference was observed in any sub-dimension of the students' attitude toward leisure activities according to the class variable. Despite this, it has been identified that the students' gender influences their cognitive, affective, and behavioral attitudes; their perceptions of leisure time adequacy affect their cognitive and behavioral attitudes; and that beliefs and values direct their leisure time affect their behavioral attitudes.Additionally, according to the level of participation (lower-middle-high level), while it was observed that participation in physical and other leisure activities affects behavioral attitudes, participation in social and cultural leisure activities affects cognitive, affective, and behavioral attitudes, there was no difference in the participation in tourist activities.