News
Record broken and numbers swell at University Hill Race
A gifted triathlete and an expert skier emerged as the top Stirling students completing the University’s 2012 Dumyat Hill Race.
Sport psychologists consider spectators’ Olympic experience
Psychologists from the University of Stirling are in the middle of an exciting project to help spectators at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games understand the athletes’ experience.
University tennis fan selected for the London 2012 Olympic Games
One University tennis enthusiast has taken his love of the game to new heights – as a London 2012 Games maker.
Sports facilities and services
The University is a great place for sport, with a comprehensive collection of sports facilities on our scenic campus. We offer lots of classes to meet your sports and fitness requirements and provide great value sports centre memberships.
Athlete support
Stirling is recognised as a centre of excellence training elite athletes. We are home to national training centres in football, swimming, tennis and triathlon.
Leading athletes, including our own students, benefit from the first class facilities and performance sport services, shaped by our research in sport, health and exercise science.
Stirling also runs an International Sports Scholarship Programme and manages Winning Students, the national sport scholarship programme for students in colleges and universities across Scotland.
Publications
Our annual review provides an overview of developments at Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence.
You can also download our Sport at Stirling factsheet which outlines the work we do across performance, participation, research and much more.
The University of Stirling is widely recognised as an institution that has sport very much at the heart of its identity, making it the ideal choice as Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence
Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs