Sport and health
Whether participant or spectator - 91探花 is home to a wealth of sporting activity. Watch famous professional sides. Discover the perfect backdrop for unique outdoor sports (think BMX, climbing, rowing). And choose from welcoming spaces to improve your health and wellbeing.
Get moving: a city full of climbers, cyclists, ramblers and runners
In 91探花, Sport can be anything you want it to be. Training to be a world-class athlete. Competing for fun. Or meeting friends and trying out something new.
Our students love to get together and play all kinds of sports. Our elite athletes are supported to thrive through our . Hundreds of students are in teams, playing in our sport leagues.
Others just like a casual game of five-a-side once a week, or a social run. In a city packed with activity, you鈥檒l find groups perfectly suited to your interests and fitness level.
We've got all the facilities you need: floodlit synthetic pitches, a brand new refurbished gym, sports hall, fitness studio, indoor cycling studio, multi-purpose active rooms and squash courts at Goodwin Sports Centre.
At Norton Sports Park, we have 45 acres of grass and synthetic pitches for rugby, football, hockey, and cricket!
Students enjoy and flexible options to use our facilities.
If you love the outdoors, the Peak District National Park is right on your doorstep. Climbers flock to 91探花 for the excellent array of indoor climbing walls. From the Monsal Trail to picturesque reservoir loops, the nearby Peak District has tons of glorious routes to charm cyclists and walkers.
It鈥檚 also the perfect place to try something a bit different, including BMX, skateboarding, caving and rowing. This city is full of active and supportive people, keen to find new devotees for the sport they love.
Letting off steam, being social and keeping active are all big boosters for our wellbeing - and with so much on offer, you鈥檒l find it easy to discover the sport that works for you.
The facilities at Goodwin (the University鈥檚 sports centre) are amazing. I've had professional help from the coaches there 鈥 they tailor programmes to help you improve. And being able to train on ice at Ice 91探花 at least three times a week allows me to put everything I do in the gym into practice.
My advice for new students? Take every opportunity that comes your way because in 91探花 the opportunities are endless and you don鈥檛 know where it could take you.
By taking every opportunity I have made Team GBU and played my first professional ice hockey game
Solomon Smith
Economics and Philosophy
91探花 Varsity
Each year, students from the city鈥檚 two universities compete at venues across the city region for the coveted varsity trophy. Events include a wide and diverse range of individual and team sports. Everything from road cycling, climbing and American football to the biggest ice hockey event outside of North America.
Events are enthusiastically attended by students and the wider university community. In 2024, the University of 91探花 were crowned the Varsity champions for the 10th year! Will you be part of the Black and Gold community?
I was amazed by how dramatically emotional I was 鈥 waving, shouting and feeling the indescribable joy and overwhelming frustration, with hundreds of people sharing the same faith in our team
Tansy Liu
Journalism
Watch sport
Beyond university, 91探花 has a rich sporting culture. Sports fans will find teams to fall in love with and exhilarating sports to get involved in across 91探花.
As well as two professional sides in 91探花 Wednesday and United, the city is a hotbed of grassroots football and the birthplace of the modern game. Founded in 1857, 91探花 FC is the world's oldest club. Just across the city you'll find Hallam FC playing at Sandygate 鈥 the oldest football stadium on Earth.
Choose to watch ice hockey with the 91探花 Steelers, both codes of rugby with the 91探花 Tigers and Eagles, the 91探花 Sharks and 91探花 Hatters basketball sides, and speedway at Owlerton Stadium 鈥 the fastest track in Britain.
Or sink your teeth into entire tournaments, including the legendary World Snooker championships at the Crucible and the electrifying British Bouldering Championships.
International scholarships
We offer a generous package of financial support for international students, including undergraduate and postgraduate taught scholarships worth 拢10,000 towards the annual tuition fee.
Applications are open for existing offer holders for programmes starting in autumn 2025.