Sport Scholarship

Other eligibility requirements

Our Sport Scholarship covers the normal, full-time duration of your degree course. Eligibility is conditional on continuing satisfactory academic progress.

To be eligible for our Sport Scholarship you should:

• meet the entry requirements for your chosen course
• be a UK, EU or international student
• be studying an undergraduate or postgraduate taught course at our Cambridge, Chelmsford or ARU Peterborough campuses
• be competing at regional or national level to qualify for our Elite Level scholarship
• be competing at national or international level to qualify for our Podium Level scholarship
• be able to demonstrate that you’ll have a significant impact on the performance of the sports team you join at ARU (if applicable) and/or on BUCS points.

Foundation, extended, degree apprenticeship, distance learning degree programmes and/or CPD and short courses are excluded.

Elite Level

Worth £1,400 per year, the Elite Level scholarship covers performance-related costs. It's for students who compete at regional or national level and is given as a cash bursary.

You’ll also benefit from strength and conditioning sessions, sports performance workshops, and travel and accommodation for agreed competitions.

Podium Level

Worth up to £12,500 per year, the Elite Level scholarship is offered to students who are of an international standard and can successfully compete at the highest level of university sport and above. It's given as a full or partial fee waiver.