The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the quality and quantity of university students' participation in recreational activities and sensation seeking. The study was conducted among 478 university students through a causal-comparative research design. The participants were obtained through convenience sampling method which is one of the techniques of probability sampling. The study employed the Questionnaire for Participation in Recreational Activities, Leisure Satisfaction Scale and Sensation Seeking Scales to collect data for this research. In the evaluation of the data, along with descriptive statistics, Independent Samples t-Test and ANOVA were used. To determine the relationship between leisure satisfaction and sensation seeking, Pearson Correlation test and to determine the impact Regression analysis were used. The findings revealed no significant difference between leisure satisfaction and sensation seeking among university students in terms of gender and year of study. Another finding showed that, while there was a significant difference between participation in active sports, social, artistic and cultural activities and leisure satisfaction, no significant difference was found for sensation seeking. Finally, students' sensation seeking significantly affected their leisure satisfaction. [For the full proceedings, see ED626375.]