Postgraduate Scholarships

Our Elite Athlete Scholarship celebrates your dedication and achievements, helping you take your career and education to the next level. If you’ve competed at a national or international level in the last two years, this scholarship is for you!

The scholarship is an award in the value of up to £3,000 tuition fee discount or towards costs.

Scholarship includes:

• £3,000 towards a tuition fee discount or towards costs including:
  • Access to CPD activities to additionally help build your qualifications/skills.
• Exclusive support from our Employability and Career Planning team to source a placement/internship.
• Access to Mentorship from leaders of the current sports industry.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicants who have competed at the national or international level in any sport.

Our Dean’s Progression Scholarship is for exceptional graduates of UCFB Wembley and UCFB Manchester who are ready to elevate their studies to the postgraduate level. If you’ve already proven yourself at UCFB, it’s time to take that next step in your sports career!

The scholarship is an award in the value of up to £3,000 tuition fee discount or towards costs.

Scholarship Includes:

• £3,000 towards a tuition fee discount or towards costs including:
  • Access to CPD activities to additionally help build your qualifications/skills.
• Exclusive support from our Employability and Career Planning team to source a placement/internship.
• Access to Mentorship from UCFB Deans.

Eligibility Criteria:

• UCFB Wembley or UCFB Manchester Alumni.

This scholarship is open to an outstanding female identifying applicants who are eager to develop their career in the sports industry. Candidates should have an interest in women’s football and the wider sport industry, the ability to set clear goals and have the drive to achieve them.

Scholarships include:

• £3,000 towards a tuition fee discount or towards costs including:
  • Access to CPD activities to additionally help build your qualifications/skills.
• Exclusive support from our Employability and Career Planning team to source a placement/internship.
• Mentorship from Polly Bancroft – CEO at Grimsby Town FC.

Eligibility

• Female identifying student with leadership ambitions and a passion for increasing access for women in sports.

The Access to All Scholarship is designed to break down barriers and ensure that postgraduate education is within reach for students from low income, disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds. We believe everyone should have the chance to achieve their postgraduate, regardless of financial background. 

Scholarship includes: 

• £3,000 towards a tuition fee discount or towards costs including:
  • Access to CPD activities to additionally help build your qualifications/skills.
• Exclusive support from our Employability and Career Planning team to source a placement/internship.
• Access to mentoring from Kick it Out / Raise Your Game.

Eligibility Criteria: 

UCFB understands the need for more ethnic football coaches in England and the UK, and supports the Football Association’s target of having 30% of England men’s team coaches being from ethnically diverse backgrounds by 2028. This scholarship is intended to level the playing field for ethnic minority coaches looking to enrol on a UEFA B or A licence whilst continuing their studies.

Awards:

• 1x £1,200 towards UEFA B.
• 1x £4,000 towards UEFA A.

Scholarship includes:

• UEFA B and UEFA A license training fee paid for by UCFB.
• Exclusive support from our Employability and Career Planning team to source a placement/internship.
• Access to Mentorship from leaders of the current sports industry.

Eligibility criteria:

• Black and Asian Ethnic Minority coaches willing to enrol on UEFA B and UEFA A.