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University of Gloucestershire

Sports Global Excellence scholarship

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Any
Disciplines
7500 GBP
Grant
United Kingdom
Location
31 May 2026
Application deadline

About

University of Gloucestershire offers funding options for international students, including scholarships, awards and tuition fees.

Overview

Scholarship type

Merit based

Number of scholarships to award

Multiple

Grant

Up to £7,500

Scholarship coverage

  • tuition fee reduction
  • other

Description

The Sports Global Excellence Scholarship is aimed at high performing student athletes who wish to combine high performance sport alongside undergraduate or postgraduate taught study at University of Gloucestershire. This is applied as a tuition fee waiver designed to reward sporting excellence. 

Benefits

The value of the scholarship will be £7,500 (spread over the 3 years) for Undergraduate students and £5,000 for Postgraduate students.

Eligibility

  • The Scholarships are open only to international fee-paying students.
  • The scholarship is only available for the named programme in the offer letter and for the following high-performance sports: women’s soccer, NFL, men’s basketball, netball, rugby union. 
  • Students must be studying on campus on a full-time undergraduate degree (minimum 3 years) or postgraduate taught degree (minimum 2 semesters)
  • To be considered for undergraduate level, US applicants must have achieved a minimum academic criteria of HSD 3.6 GPA (out of 4.0) plus high marks in SAT/SAT subject tests/AP classes or exams/ACT or honours/college classes in line with US entry requirements and for postgraduate level, achieve a bachelor degree, 3.4 GPA (4.0) or a minimum score of 80%. An interview may be required. The allocation of the scholarship is competitive, and so not all applications received will be successful. Scholarships will be awarded by the Sports Scholarship Group comprising of coaching staff. Applicants must meet the set and required entry criteria as well as performance criteria.
  • Applicants must accept scholarship and pay the full advised advanced payment within 28 days of the scholarship award letter otherwise it may be withdrawn and offered to another candidate.
  • Applicants must not be in receipt of any other scholarship from the University of Gloucestershire and should not have previously been awarded an Undergraduate Merit Scholarship from the University.

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Any

Locations

United Kingdom

Nationality

Any

Study experience required

High school

Age

Unknown

Application

Application deadline

31 May 2026

Use this form to apply for the Sports Global Excellence Scholarship.

Application deadline: 31 May

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