Performance sport

As Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence, we’re at the forefront of helping and inspiring talented athletes to fulfil their sporting and academic potential.

We’ve produced some of the some of the finest British and Scottish talent in history. Our student athletes have successfully competed at the Olympic games, the Commonwealth Games and the Walker Cup, to name a few.

Gemma Batty with her trophy for the English Women's Open Match Play Championship

University of Stirling's International Sports Scholarship Programme

The University's International Sports Scholarship Programme is one of the largest high performance sports programmes in the UK.

We’ve supported more than 1,000 UK and overseas student athletes since its inception in 1981.

Our sporting success

Our medal winners include 24 Olympians and 7 Paralympians. We hold nine world records.
We had 20 athletes compete at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and 9 at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
We are the only UK institution to have played – and won – in NCAA competition.
A record number of University of Stirling athletes won 18 medals at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Our scholar-athletes have also competed at major sports competitions such as Wimbledon, The Open, The AIG Women’s Open and The Masters.

Our scholarships

Our sport scholarships can offer you financial support of up to £5,000 per annum. They’ll also provide you with a fantastic bespoke package of coaching, state-of-the-art facilities, performance mentoring and access to the latest innovations in sport research. We can help you combine flexible degree study with your success in competing at the highest levels of sport.

We offer scholarships to students competing in our core sports, listed below, or competing in any other sport at an international level:

American football match featuring Stirling Clansmen

Our support for club sport

From American football to volleyball. We invest in a variety of club sports to help them with development and sports performance.

How we invest in club sport

Student wearing goggles and swimming backstroke

Performance sport research

We work with academic colleagues and national governing bodies to provide exciting research opportunities within our world-class performance sport environment.