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Sports scholarships

You want to be at the top of your game. We're here to support that.

About our scholarships

Our scholarship package is more than just a bursary; it’s a range of services, support and financial assistance that allows you to balance your studies with your sporting ambitions.

Our sports scholarship package‌

We are proud to be a part of a world-class sporting city and confident in our programme’s ability to enhance dual-career athletes.

Our programme recognises and is tailored to each athlete’s individual needs.

The total package is worth up to £7,000 per year. Additional support is available for exceptional applicants.

The package includes:

  • Tuition fee discount between 20%-40% (further discount can be provided for outstanding athletes).
  • Access to the self-funded Performance Sport townhouse accommodation.
  • Financial expense contribution.
  • Access to on-campus and local sporting facilities.
  • Personalised sports science support.
  • Bespoke nutritional support.
  • Physiotherapy and sports massage.
  • Access to our performance sport science suite.
  • Personalised strength and conditioning programmes.
  • Free sports club membership for team athletes.
  • Lifestyle support.
  • MMU Sport branded kit from our official supplier, Kukri.

Our sports scholarships are awarded on a case-by-case basis, with priority given to individuals whose sport features within the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) programme.

The amount offered will be determined by our sports scholarship committee and each case is considered on its own merit.

Become a Manchester Met sports scholar

To be a sports scholar, you must:

  • Be currently enrolled on an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course at Manchester Met, or in the process of applying to become a Manchester Met student for the next academic year.
  • Be competing at a regional, national, or international standard in your chosen sport or show evidence of significant future sporting potential.
  • Be able to represent Manchester Met in your sport.
  • Meet the academic requirements of your course.

We welcome applications from athletes in all individual sports that are contested in BUCS.

We welcome applications from athletes in the team sports below: 

  • Basketball
  • Lacrosse
  • Netball
  • Rugby Union
  • Swimming
  • Water Polo

If you are competing at an elite level in any other team sport, please contact [email protected].

Sports scholarships

Applications open from 1 November 2024.

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Find out more

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Meet our scholars

Athletics

  • Halle Ferguson

    BA (Hons) Criminology and Sociology

  • Emily Madden-Forman

    MSc Dietetics

  • Amy McTeggart

    MSc Dietetics

  • Karran Kapur-Walton

    BSc (Hons) Computer animation and visual effects

  • Cameron Unsworth

    BA (Hons) Film and Media Studies

  • Neve Davenport

    BA (Hons) Business and Marketing

Badminton

  • Medha Shashidharan

    BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science

Basketball

  • Idil Turk

    MSc Sport Business Management and Policy

  • Eva Karasaite

    BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science

  • Evan Walshe

    MSc Sport Business Management and Policy

  • Noah Togo

    BA (Hons) Business Management with Law

  • Eve Shadrick

    BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Nutrition

  • Emilie Black

    BSc (Hons) Sport Business Management

Billiards

  • Yan Wong

    BA (Hons) Sport Coaching and Development

Cycling

  • Ava Brown

    BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science

  • Caitlin Ellis

    BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

Hockey

  • Enya Darby

    BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

Lacrosse

  • Will Allsop

    MSc Sport Business Management and Policy

  • Jacob Brindle

    BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance

Netball

  • Megan Bentley

    BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science

  • Ellie Heyes

    BSc (Hons) Sport Business Management

  • Emma Rayner

    BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

  • Niamh O'Leary

    BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

  • Niamh Skillicorn

    BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

  • Alice McGeachy

    BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science

Olympic Weightlifting

  • Neil Thomas

    MSc Strength and Conditioning

  • Oliver Godwin

    BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Nutrition

Para Football

  • Ayman Hafiz

    BSc (Hons) Psychology

Para Swimming

  • Kieran Williams

    BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science

Rugby Union

  • Alice Iwanejko

    BEng Mechanical Engineering

  • Polly Bowman

    BSc (Hons) Sport Business Management

  • Willem Johnson

    BA (Hons) Business and Marketing

  • Archie Kellett

    BA (Hons) Business Management

  • Jordan Lombard

    BA (Hons) Business and Marketing

  • Bothma Oosthuizen

    BSc Sport Coaching and Development

  • Albany-d Coates

    BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science

  • Emily Downs

    BA (Hons) History

  • James Appleton

    BSc (Hons) Product Design Engineering

Snowsports

  • Brogan Crowley

    MSc Project Management

Swimming

  • Mollie Garratt

    BA (Hons) Filmmaking

  • Toby Hill

    BA (Hons) Criminology with Quantitative Methods

  • Jay Manners

    BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching and Development (DL)

  • Henrietta D'Ammassa

    BA (Hons) Business Psychology

  • Mollie Fisher

    BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science

Trampolining

  • Oscar Carey

    BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy

Triathlon

  • Sophie Alden

    MSc Sport Business Management and Policy

Water Polo

  • Malachy Byrne

    BA (Hons) Business with Spanish

  • James Blenkinship

    BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance

  • Harry Dunkerley

    BA (Hons) Business Management

  • Rory Inman

    BA (Hons) Business and Marketing

  • Holly Toone

    BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science

  • Aron Ando

    BA (Hons) Business Management with Law

  • Benjamin Grech

    MSc Sport and Exercise Psychology