Student-athlete support

DMUsport aims to support DMU student-athletes to reach their sporting potential, whilst allowing them to succeed in their academic studies.

Talented Student-Athlete Programme

We know that balancing both academics and sport can be a challenge at university, and therefore we pride ourselves on developing a support programme that is tailored to each DMU student-athlete. Applications are now closed for our Talented Student-Athlete Programme. If you wish to find out more information or to discuss these programmes with a member of our team, please email us at talented.athlete@dmu.ac.uk.

Benefits

• 12 month Gold membership to QEII Leisure Centre
• DMUsport Club membership
• Access to our experiences strength and conditioning coach
• Access to strength and conditioning facilities (times exclusive to Talented Student-Athletes and Student-Athletes)
• Pre- and off-season strength and conditioning programme
• Individualised strength and conditioning programme
• Lifestyle support with termly catch-up
• Access to Performance Workshops

Eligibility

• Your sport needs to be a BUCS, Olympic, Paralympic or Commonwealth games sport.
• You need to be competing at a high level in your sport – at county level or equivalent within the past 2 years.
• You need to be a DMU student studying at least 60 credits per year.

If you are studying at DMU and are competing at a high level in your sport, we want to support you.