CU London Sports Scholarships can help you reach your sporting and academic goals. This scheme offers a cash bursary and support network, enabling you to balance the dual demands of performance sport and academic study.
CU London Sports Scholarships, worth up to £3000, provide both financial support (50% cash bursary) and a tailored range of support services including:
- pre-season screening
- physiotherapy
- sports psychology
- sports nutrition
- strength and conditioning
- gym membership
- performance analysis
- lifestyle support
- performance workshops
- promotional clothing
- flexible study.
*Many of our professional support services are delivered via the main Coventry University campus through remote capabilities.
Level 1: this is for students at High County or National level, and consists of a total of £1500: £750 in cash and £750 towards support services.
Level 2: for students at High National or International level we offer a total of £3000: £1500 in cash and £1500 towards support services.
Who can apply for a Sports Scholarship?
Students enrolled on any Foundation Year course or undergraduate Degree programme, on a part-time or full-time mode are eligible to apply for a Sports Scholarship. This includes students from the UK, from overseas and those students that have moved on to Year Two and Year Three who were not previously eligible but whose performance has improved sufficiently for them to apply.
To be considered for one of these scholarships, you must:
- be able to demonstrate excellence in your chosen sporting activity at a national or international level
- be willing and able to represent the Coventry University Group at a high level in that sport
- be competing in a sport which is part of the BUCS Sport, Olympic Sports or Paralympic Sports programmes. You may be an undergraduate, from the UK, the EU, or overseas, and studying in any year of your course
- be enrolled on a course at CU London.
Applications for 2025/26
Please complete and return the application form to sportingexcellence.ss@coventry.ac.uk to be considered for a sports scholarship for the academic year 2025/26.
For more information, please contact sportingexcellence.ss@coventry.ac.uk or +44 (0)24 7765 5979.
I heard about the scholarship program CU had to offer whilst continuing my goalkeeping career at step 4 of men’s football. The amount of support the scholarship program has to offer has been encouraging for me to continue playing the sport I love. Despite having a more remote experience of the scholarship, the programme offers a range of remote support such as having a strength coach who aids my S&C development to ensure I am constantly improving off the field.
Being a part of the scholarship program has given me extra support and motivation to be able to play the sport I have grown up playing my whole life and helped me to continue to work hard and focus on my season without any concerns about performance.
Ben Voase, CU Scarborough Sport Performance and Coaching BSc
