Individual athletes and other sports

You’ll have access to our outstanding facilities such as the Essex Sport Arena, home of the Essex Rebels. With state-of-the-art 160 station Technogym-equipped gym, with 8 lifting platforms, spin, dance and mind-and-body studios, multi-space courts including game day show court, climbing wall, synthetic turf and grass football pitches plus rugby, lacrosse and American Football pitches and on-site sports science testing and therapy clinic.

Alongside a playing career, we also have a range of different opportunities to help develop your professional career through placement opportunities including but not limited to Sports Therapy, Performance Analysis, Sport Science and game day support.

The University reserves the right to vary the number of scholarships awarded based on the profile of applicants and the number of full-time versus part-time students applying for the scholarships. For 2023-2024, there are up to 22 post-graduate awards for international students (full-time only) with a discretionary 25% fee discount across all focus sports and individual athletes.