Details
Posted: 14-Jun-22
Location: United Kingdom
Type: Full-time
Required Education: 4 Year Degree
Categories:
Coaching
Sector:
Professional Sports
Durham University is seeking to recruit male and female postgraduate student-athletes for the 2022-23 academic year for various sports. Successful candidates will become part of Britain’s largest and most established International Postgraduate Scholar program and will compete for one of Britain’s leading Sports Universities, alongside studying at a world top-100 university. For all of the sports listed below, our teams compete in the top division of BUCS (Britain’s NCAA equivalent).
*British Universities and College Sport’s (BUCS) eligibility regulations allow successful candidates to play for the University team regardless of the number of years played in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
The key sports in which we are recruiting for include:
• American Football – Men’s BUCS Champions, 2018
• Baseball – Men’s National University Baseball Champions Summer, 2018
• Basketball – Men’s BUCS Champions 2020; Women’s BUCS Champions 2020
• Fencing – Men’s BUCS Champions 2022; Women’s BUCS Champions, 2020
• Golf – BUCS Championship Semi-Finalists, 2020
• Hockey – Men’s BUCS Champions 2018, 2020; Women’s BUCS Champions, 2020
• Lacrosse – Men’s BUCS Champions 2010-2017 & 2019-2022; Women’s Champions, 2015-2020
• Rowing – 4th place Finish at BUCS Regatta; 2022
• Rugby – Men’s BUCS Champions 2020; Women’s BUCS Runners-Up, 2019
• Soccer – Men’s Top-5 in Premier North; Women’s BUCS Champions, 2018, 2020
• Tennis - Men’s BUCS Champions 2020; Women’s BUCS Champions 2017
• Volleyball – Men’s BUCS Champions 2020; Women’s BUCS Champions 2020, 2022
• Water Polo – Men’s BUCS Champions 2017; Women’s BUCS Champions 2018, 2020
Masters qualifications are completed in one year in Britain – over 100 world-class MA and MSc programs are available. The successful candidates will receive the following package:
- One of the most competitive and attractive scholarships available at a UK university
- Access to Durham’s Elite Athlete Support program, including strength and conditioning and physiotherapy
* Candidates can access Federal Aid from the US loans system.
About Durham University: Durham University is a world-renowned institution for Higher Education ranked 54th for ‘student employability’ and 82nd in the overall world rankings (QS World Rankings) set in the beautiful surroundings of a historic cathedral city. Masters courses offered within the Business School tend to be popular choices for our incoming student-athletes. These MSc courses include: Management (ranked 5th in UK, 52nd globally), Marketing (ranked 6th in UK, 30th globally), and Finance (ranked 46th globally). Durham prides itself on its ability to help develop the leaders of the future and has the highest of academic standards. We recently celebrated our 13th anniversary of recruiting postgraduate overseas student athletes. We remain one of the only universities in Britain to be offering such a vast program for overseas students. We are looking for people that want to keep playing their sport at a high standard for another year and have a strong drive to win a national championship. Crucially, we want people that are keen to help develop their sport in a country where university sport and student participation is still growing.
The successful candidates must meet the following criteria:
•NCAA playing experience
•Undergraduate degree with a minimum GPA of 3.0 or equivalent
In order to be considered for this opportunity, please send an email to teamdurham.postgraduate@durham.ac.ukincluding your:
-Resume/CV
-Sport
-Cumulative GPA
-Preferred Masters Course
Additional information on the Postgraduate Scholarships that we offer can be found on the following webpage,
Durham University Postgraduate Scholarships