Our football scholarships provide you with an excellent package of training, competition and funding as you take your academic studies.
At Stirling we bring together high performance coaches, fantastic facilities, advanced sport science, strength and conditioning, physiotherapy support and performance mentoring. We also have five high quality grass football pitches, one of which has floodlights.
We host training for Scottish Premier League side St Johnstone. Our facilities include a 3G pitch and state-of-the-art strength and conditioning suites with 10 Olympic lifting platforms.
Scholarship footballers represent the University in the Scottish Women's Premier League and the Scottish Cup, against the likes of Glasgow City, Hibernian, Celtic and Rangers. We also play in the British Universities Premier League North, British Universities Championships and Scottish universities competitions. Stirling students have represented Scotland at A Squad level and Great Britain at the World University Games.
1st in Scotland and Top 5 in the UK
for good sports facilities
Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2017
We're in the UK's Top 10 universities
for having a great sports scene
Which? University Student Survey 2017
What our football scholarship offers you
- Funding up to £4,000 per annum
- Academic flexibility
- The services of highly qualified and experienced coaching staff
- The team trains 3 or 4 times a week and play 2 matches a week
- Strength and conditioning twice a week
- Sport science support
- Physiotherapy clinics
- Opportunity to live on campus
- Essential clothing and equipment
- Access to coach education courses
Selection criteria
To be considered for a scholarship, you must:
- Hold, or be in the process of applying for, a place on an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course at the University of Stirling.
- Have junior or senior international honours, or be a former professional at Academy or senior club level.
- Take pride in working hard to improve your game.
Choosing to be involved in sport at Stirling is one of the best decisions I've made.
Our partners
Applying for a scholarship
Please complete and return the ISSP application form before 15 January (UCAS deadline) for a September start.
Scholarships are offered, subject to achieving relevant academic entry requirements before the end of June.
See also
UK and overseas sports scholarships
These scholarships are awarded to undergraduate students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland or from outside the EU who meet both the sport-specific and academic qualification criteria.
Winning Students scholarships
We are a network member of Winning Students, Scotland's national sports scholarship programme. It provides funding support and academic flexibility to athletes studying in colleges and universities.
Contact us
If you would like to talk to us about our sport scholarships please contact David Bond.
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