Scholarships at University of East London

We are the most ambitious and the most improved university in the UK for sport, our High Performance Support is paving the way in creating our world class athletic super stars. Our sports scholars include Olympians and senior internationals who represent the University of East London at national and international university competitions.

Awards Summary

• Bursary up to £6000 per annum (bursaries may be higher for exceptional applicants)

• Unlimited physiotherapy and sports massage

• UKSCA-accredited strength and conditioning training and private access to scholar Strength and Conditioning Facility Aqua East.

• Active Recovery and Yoga Sessions

• Gold membership at SportsDock

• Lifestyle and Performance workshops

• Access to sports science support, including nutrition, psychology, physiology, biomechanics and performance analysis

• Elite athlete academic study policy

The award is £1,000 cash payment in the first year of study.

Eligibility Summary

• Fee status of Home (including EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status)

• Progressing directly from an ELSEF member college

• Made a UCAS application during the main cycle and firmly accepted the University 

• Studying full-time at foundation year or year 1

• Studying at one of our campuses or on distance learning programmes with fees of £9,250 per year

• Starting an undergraduate degree for the first time at the University in September 2022

There are three categories of scholarship:

• Standard

• Gold 

• Platinum

All LDE UTC students are eligible for the Standard (£1,500) Scholarship.

To be considered for the Gold (£2,000) and Platinum (£2,500) Scholarships, students will need to complete a consent form giving LDE UTC permission to share their profile data with UEL.

This will be sent to students once they have firmly accepted their offer from UEL.

Eligibility Summary

• A fee assessed as Home student (including EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status)

• Progressing directly from LDE UTC

• Applied and firmly accepted their offer at UEL

• Starting a full-time undergraduate degree at UEL at foundation year or year 1

• Studying at one of our campuses or on distance learning programmes with fees of £9,250 per year

• Starting an undergraduate degree for the first time at UEL in September 2022