UEA+Sport Excellence Scholarship
Our sport scholarship packages offer a range of financial and specialist support services to our student athletes and are offered at three levels: Developing Excellence, Excellence and Elite.
The Excellence scholarship offers the following benefits:
- Financial support of up to £500 in an individualised financial plan
- UEA Sportspark Gym and Swim membership
- Sports Association membership
- Strength and conditioning
- Physiotherapy and massage support
- Nutritional guidance
- Psychology support
- Performance lifestyle guidance
- Workshop programme
- UEA+Sport Scholar kit
Sporting criteria
For most sports, you should be performing at a national level to qualify for the Excellence scholarship. See below for our sporting criteria.
Type of Course
- Undergraduate
- Postgraduate Taught
- Postgraduate Research
- Year Abroad
Funding Type
- Cash
- In-kind
Annual Value
£500
Years Available
- 2021
Criteria
- UEA First Choice
School/Faculty
- Any
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Art, Media and American Studies
- Chemistry
- Computing Sciences
- Economics
- Education
- Engineering
- Environmental Sciences
- Health Sciences
- History
- Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities
- International Development
- Law
- Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Natural Sciences
- Norwich Business School
- Pharmacy
- Physics
- Politics, Philosophy Language and Communication Studies
- Psychology
- Social Work
- Sociology
Country / Region
- Any
Applicant’s Nationality
- Any
Country of Domicile
- Any
Further Criteria
See below for sporting criteria
Application Process
Applications for 2021-22 entry are now closed. Please check back for details of scholarships for 2022-23 entry.
If you have any questions or would like more information please email performance.sport@uea.ac.uk.
Terms and Conditions
Sporting criteria
Standard reference points
Elite Scholarship - National Performance Pathway
Excellence Scholarship - national level
Developing Excellence Scholarship - regional level
Applies to the following sports: archery, badminton, basketball, cricket, cycling, fencing, futsal, golf, gymnastics, hockey, judo, karate, korfball, lacrosse, rowing, squash, table tennis, tae kwon do, triathlon, ultimate, volleyball, water polo
American football
Anyone with experience of competing in American Football is welcome to apply for a UEA+Sport Scholarship.
Athletics
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elite | Excellence | Elite | Excellence | |
| 60m (s) | 6.8 | 7 | 7.6 | 7.9 |
| 60mH (s) | 8.18 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.8 |
| 100m (s) | 10.8 | 11 | 11.95 | 12.25 |
| 100mH (s) | 13.95 | 14.8 | ||
| 110mH (s) | 14.25 | 14.85 | ||
| 200m (s) | 21.65 | 21.6 | 24.7 | 25.35 |
| 400m (s) | 47.5 | 48.2 | 54.85 | 55.8 |
| 400mH (s) | 52.6 | 54.3 | 59.8 | 62.5 |
| 800m | 1:51.5 | 1:53.0 | 2:10.0 | 2:14.0 |
| 1500m | 3:52.00 | 3:54.5 | 4:30.00 | 4:34.5 |
| 2000m SC | 6:57.5 | 7:30.00 | ||
| 3000m | 8:30.5 | 8:45.0 | 9:38.00 | 10:10.00 |
| 3000m SC | 9:03.5 | 10:00.00 | ||
| 5000m | 14:05.00 | 14:25.00 | 16:40.5 | 17:10.00 |
| 10000m | ||||
| LJ (m) | 7.1 | 6.55 | 5.75 | 5.3 |
| TJ (m) | 14.5 | 13.5 | 12 | 11 |
| HJ (m) | 2.05 | 1.95 | 1.7 | 1.65 |
| PV (m) | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
| HT (m) | 55.00 | 50.00 | 53.00 | 46.00 |
| DT (m) | 50.00 | 43.00 | 47.00 | 42.00 |
| JT (m) | 60.00 | 56.00 | 46.00 | 40.00 |
| SP (m) | 15.00 | 13.00 | 14.00 | 12.50 |
Anyone competing in athletics who falls outside of these guideline targets would be welcome to apply for a UEA+Sport Developing Excellence scholarship.
Football
Elite Scholarship - Step 3 or above. Premiership or Championship Academy
Excellence Scholarship - Step 5 or above. League 1 or 2 Academy or National League
Developing Excellence Scholarship - Step 7 or above
Netball
Elite Scholarship - National Performance Pathway
Excellence Scholarship - Superleague NPL or above
Developing Excellence Scholarship - National League
Rugby
Elite Scholarship - National Performance Pathway
Excellence Scholarship - Premiership Academy
Developing Excellence Scholarship - County Age Group
Swimming
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elite | Excellence | Elite | Excellence | |
| 50m Freestyle | 22.50 | 24.10 | 26.20 | 27.60 |
| 100m Freestyle | 51.00 | 53.50 | 56.10 | 60.00 |
| 200m Freestyle | 1:51.00 | 1:58.00 | 1:59.00 | 2:11.00 |
| 400m Freestyle | 4:00.00 | 4:11.00 | 4:34.00 | 4:33.00 |
| 800m Freestyle | 8:40.00 | 9:44.00 | 9:06.00 | 10:24.00 |
| 1500m Freestyle | 16:35.00 | 16:50.00 | 17:30.00 | 18:45.00 |
| 50m Butterfly | 24.60 | 26.60 | 27.60 | 28.50 |
| 100m Butterfly | 55.40 | 56.40 | 59.70 | 1:04.05 |
| 200m Butterfly | 2:05.2 | 2:10.2 | 2:17.2 | 2:24.5 |
| 50m Backstroke | 26.30 | 27.30 | 29.30 | 30.70 |
| 100m Backstroke | 56.10 | 59.30 | 1:02.8 | 1:06.8 |
| 200m Backstroke | 2:04.00 | 2:11.4 | 2:17.3 | 2:23.00 |
| 50m Breaststroke | 28.80 | 30.10 | 32.10 | 34.50 |
| 100m Breaststroke | 1:03.8 | 1:06.2 | 1:09.3 | 1:15.6 |
| 200m Breaststroke | 2:18.3 | 2:24.6 | 2:35.2 | 2:44.5 |
| 100m IM | ||||
| 200m IM | 2:04.8 | 2:09.1 | 2:21.7 | 2:28.5 |
| 400 IM | 4:24.00 | 4:32.5 | 4:51.1 | 5:04.54 |
Anyone competing in Swimming who falls outside of these guideline targets would be welcome to apply for a UEA+Sport Developing Excellence scholarship.
Tennis
Elite Scholarship - Rating of 2.2 or above
Excellence Scholarship - 3.2 or above
Developing Excellence Scholarship - 5.2 or above
N.B. Any sport not identified above will be reviewed on a case by case basis upon application.