Our sports scholarships and awards have been developed to attract and then financially support exceptional students who wish to continue their sport at a high level whilst furthering their education at St Andrews.
As a world leading academic institution, we pride ourselves on our ability to attract the brightest minds from across the world. We continue to provide an environment where students can flourish and achieve both academic and sporting excellence.
In addition to the extensive support given to our performance programmes we also support those who compete at an elite sporting level as an individual, or as an extension of their team sport.
Saints Sport provides support for exceptional student athletes from around the world to facilitate sporting and academic excellence whilst studying at the University of St Andrews.
Please note that the deadline for all Sport scholarship applications for Academic Year 2024-25 is Friday 31 May 2024.
Postgraduate taught one-year Masters applicants
Open to national and international applicants for eligible postgraduate (taught) Masters degree programmes and based on academic excellence and/or financial need.
Further information and application
Undergraduate/Home Postgraduate
As a sports scholar you will receive a comprehensive range of support to help you maximise your athletic and academic potential, including access to professional coaching and first-class training facilities.
Support will be tailored to suit your needs and could be a combination of the following:
For more information about the women’s performance basketball programme please contact:
Callum Knox, Director of Basketball
Email: [email protected]
Thank you for your interest in a Saints Basketball Performance Scholarship. Please complete our online application form thoroughly, and apply as soon as possible after submitting your academic application to study at St Andrews.
Postgraduate taught one-year Masters applicants
Open to national and international applicants for eligible postgraduate (taught) Masters degree programmes and based on academic excellence and/or financial need.
Further information and application
Undergraduate/Home Postgraduate
As a sports scholar you will receive a comprehensive range of support to help you maximise your athletic and academic potential, including access to professional coaching and first-class training facilities.
Support will be tailored to suit your needs and could be a combination of the following:
For more information about the women’s performance football programme please contact:
Stuart Milne, Director of Football
Email: [email protected]
Thank you for your interest in a Saints Football Performance Scholarship. Please complete our online application form thoroughly, and apply as soon as possible after submitting your academic application to study at St Andrews.
Undergraduate/Postgraduate
The Performance Golf Programme at the university is delivered through the provision of Saints Golf Performance Scholarships, with support from The R&A and The 600 Club.
As a sports scholar you will receive a comprehensive range of support to help you maximise your athletic and academic potential, including access to professional coaching and first-class training facilities.
Further information and application
Thank you for your interest in a Saints Golf Performance Scholarship. Please complete our online application form thoroughly, and apply as soon as possible after submitting your academic application to study at St Andrews.
Postgraduate taught one-year Masters applicants
Open to national and international applicants for eligible postgraduate (taught) Masters degree programmes and based on academic excellence and/or financial need.
Further information and application
We are incredibly fortunate to be only the second University in the world to be able to bestow upon a student an Arnold Palmer Scholarship. Mr Palmer’s relationship with St Andrews is legendary and was cemented in 2010 when he received his honorary doctorate from the University.
Further information and application
The R&A Foundation Scholarship programme supports in the region of 170 individuals, each year. Individual applicants for Foundation scholarships must be in full-time tertiary education.
For more information about the performance golf programme please contact:
Ian Muir, Director of Golf
Email: [email protected]
Postgraduate taught one-year Masters applicants
Open to national and international applicants for eligible postgraduate (taught) Masters degree programmes and based on academic excellence and/or financial need.
Further information and application
Undergraduate/Home Postgraduate
As a sports scholar you will receive a comprehensive range of support to help you maximise your athletic and academic potential, including access to professional coaching and first-class training facilities.
Support will be tailored to suit your needs and could be a combination of the following:
For more information about the women’s performance hockey programme please contact:
Jamie Carnegie, Director of Hockey
Email: [email protected]
Thank you for your interest in a Saints Hockey Performance Scholarship. Please complete our online application form thoroughly, and apply as soon as possible after submitting your academic application to study at St Andrews.
Postgraduate taught one-year Masters applicants
Open to national and international applicants for eligible postgraduate (taught) Masters degree programmes and based on academic excellence and/or financial need.
Further information and application
Undergraduate/Home Postgraduate
As a sports scholar you will receive a comprehensive range of support to help you maximise your athletic and academic potential, including access to professional coaching and first-class training facilities.
Support will be tailored to suit your needs and could be a combination of the following:
For more information about the women’s performance lacrosse programme please contact:
Ian Gaunt, Deputy Director (Head of Performance Sport)
Email: [email protected]
Thank you for your interest in a Saints Lacrosse Performance Scholarship. Please complete our online application form thoroughly, and apply as soon as possible after submitting your academic application to study at St Andrews.
Postgraduate taught one-year Masters applicants
Open to national and international applicants for eligible postgraduate (taught) Masters degree programmes and based on academic excellence and/or financial need.
Further information and application
Undergraduate/Home Postgraduate
As a sports scholar you will receive a comprehensive range of support to help you maximise your athletic and academic potential, including access to professional coaching and first-class training facilities.
Support will be tailored to suit your needs and could be a combination of the following:
For more information about the performance netball programme please contact:
Sally Sandison, Director of Netball
Email: [email protected]
Thank you for your interest in a Saints Netball Performance Scholarship. Please complete our online application form thoroughly, and apply as soon as possible after submitting your academic application to study at St Andrews.
Postgraduate taught one-year Masters applicants
Open to national and international applicants for eligible postgraduate (taught) Masters degree programmes and based on academic excellence and/or financial need.
Further information and application
Undergraduate/Home Postgraduate
As a sports scholar you will receive a comprehensive range of support to help you maximise your athletic and academic potential, including access to professional coaching and first-class training facilities.
Support will be tailored to suit your needs and could be a combination of the following:
For more information about the performance rowing programme please contact:
Alan Sinclair, Director of Rowing
Email: [email protected]
Thank you for your interest in a Saints Rowing Performance Scholarship. Please complete our online application form thoroughly, and apply as soon as possible after submitting your academic application to study at St Andrews.
Postgraduate taught one-year Masters applicants
Open to national and international applicants for eligible postgraduate (taught) Masters degree programmes and based on academic excellence and/or financial need.
Further information and application
Undergraduate/Home Postgraduate
As a sports scholar you will receive a comprehensive range of support to help you maximise your athletic and academic potential, including access to professional coaching and first-class training facilities.
Support will be tailored to suit your needs and could be a combination of the following:
For more information about the men’s performance rugby programme please contact:
David Morris, Director of Rugby
Email: [email protected]
Thank you for your interest in a Saints Rugby Performance Scholarship. Please complete our online application form thoroughly, and apply as soon as possible after submitting your academic application to study at St Andrews.
Postgraduate taught one-year Masters applicants
Open to national and international applicants for eligible postgraduate (taught) Masters degree programmes and based on academic excellence and/or financial need.
Further information and application
Undergraduate/Home Postgraduate
As a sports scholar you will receive a comprehensive range of support to help you maximise your athletic and academic potential, including access to professional coaching and first-class training facilities.
Support will be tailored to suit your needs and could be a combination of the following:
For more information about the performance tennis programme please contact:
Claire McCulloch, Director of Tennis
Email: [email protected]
Thank you for your interest in a Saints Tennis Performance Scholarship. Please complete our online application form thoroughly, and apply as soon as possible after submitting your academic application to study at St Andrews.
Postgraduate taught one-year Masters applicants
Open to national and international applicants for eligible postgraduate (taught) Masters degree programmes and based on academic excellence and/or financial need.
Further information and application
Undergraduate/Home Postgraduate
As a sports scholar you will receive a comprehensive range of support to help you maximise your athletic and academic potential, including access to professional coaching and first-class training facilities.
Support will be tailored to suit your needs and could be a combination of the following:
For more information about the performance women’s water polo programme please contact:
Ian Gaunt, Deputy Director (Head of Performance Sport)
Email: [email protected]
Thank you for your interest in a Saints Water Polo Performance Scholarship. Please complete our online application form thoroughly, and apply as soon as possible after submitting your academic application to study at St Andrews.
Out with the 10 performance teams, performance support is available for exceptional individuals competing at an elite level (usually internationally depending on the sport and nationality) and representing the University in British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) competition.
As a sports scholar you will receive a comprehensive range of support to help you maximise your athletic and academic potential, including access to professional coaching and first-class training facilities.
Support will be tailored to suit your needs and could be a combination of the following:
Thank you for your interest in a Saints Sport Performance Scholarship. Please complete our online application form thoroughly, and apply as soon as possible after submitting your academic application to study at St Andrews.
Postgraduate taught one-year Masters applicants
The St Leonard’s Masters Scholarship is open to national and international applicants for eligible postgraduate (taught) Masters degree programmes and based on academic excellence and/or financial need.
The value of award may vary depending on your chosen programme and your assessed fee status, but could include a reduction in tuition fees, maintenance contribution, employability allowance, reserved University accommodation (not funded).
The scheme aims to allow applicants to draw on their professional and life experiences to demonstrate resilience, resourcefulness, and commitment. Applicants are asked to explicitly articulate their potential using both academic and professional or life experiences.
We welcome applications from talented student athletes from around the world who can add value to our programmes whilst representing St Andrews in the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) championship.
The selection panel will be looking for applicants to demonstrate non-academic excellence and/or leadership qualities in their chosen sport as well as in formally assessed academic work (University transcripts).
We currently have performance programmes in basketball, football, golf, hockey, lacrosse, netball, rowing, rugby union and tennis. We would also consider supporting exceptional individuals competing at an elite level in other sports (usually internationally depending on the sport and nationality).
Sport leadership applicants must provide a sport CV and video or video link before the deadline. Please email [email protected]. Sport leadership applicants should be competing at a very high level within their sport.
Full details on how to apply can be found on the University’s Scholarships pages.
The Schechter Family Ultimate Disc Scholarship is is open to national and international applicants for eligible postgraduate (taught) Masters degree programmes.
The Scholarship will be awarded on the basis of sporting excellence in the field of Ultimate Frisbee, subject to the recipient reaching the required academic standard for entry.
For more information about the scholarship or to find out about the Ultimate Frisbee Club please contact:
Rachel Turton, Sports Development Officer
Email: [email protected]
Thank you for your interest in the Schechter Family Ultimate Disc Scholarship. Please complete our online application form thoroughly, and apply as soon as possible after submitting your academic application to study at St Andrews.
Deputy Director
Head of Performance
+44 (0)1334 46 2190
[email protected]
Adding a postgraduate qualification from St Andrews to your undergraduate degree is an exciting and attractive prospect for many students. We welcome applications from talented overseas student athletes looking to extend their playing career, whilst continuing their studies at the number one ranked university in the UK (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024, Guardian University Guide 2024). There are no eligibility restrictions on playing sport and representing the University whilst studying for a postgraduate qualification at St Andrews.
It is an honour to participate in the long and proud tradition of sport at the University of St Andrews. The University of St Andrews expects sport scholars to experience personal growth, academic achievement, and competitive success. Award recipients and scholars are expected to represent themselves, their sport and the University in accordance with Saints Sport’s core values. Find out more about the Sports Scholar Agreement.
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