Ealing Trailfinders (ETF) & Brunel University of London Rugby Academy Scholarship 2026-2027

Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club and the Trailfinders Rugby Academy are fully committed to discovering and developing the most promising and aspirational players to support their journey towards professional rugby through education.This rugby scholarship programme has been developed in conjunction with Brunel University of London, allowing you to gain a degree to set you up for the rest of your life academically, as well as pursuing a professional rugby career with a full-time rugby programme.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineNot Specified
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorBrunel University London
• City to studyLondon
• School to studyBrunel University London
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

Two values are available a 100% tuition fee waiver or a 50% tuition fee waiver

Requirements

To be considered for a scholarship applicants must:

1. Hold an offer of a place on a full time Undergraduate course at Brunel. This includes offers made through UCAS Extra and UCAS Clearing. Clearing applicants with a Home fee status must ensure they inform the Student Loans Company (SLC) at the earliest opportunity that they are attending Brunel University of London.
2. Make Brunel their Firm choice by the date the Scholarship Allocation Panel makes their awards in late August (i.e. applicant must have met all offer conditions and firmly accepted the place).
3. Complete the application process, as listed above.
4. Commence the course in the upcoming academic year 2026/27 (applicants for deferred entry will be considered for a scholarship in the year they start their course and not in the year of their course application).

Those not eligible for this scholarship:

• Applicants holding offers for deferred entry.
• The Ealing Trailfinders Scholarship is not available to Postgraduate Taught (MA, MSc) applicants, in the Masters year of a MMath, Meng or MDes) or for Postgraduate Research applicants (i.e. PhD and MPhil).
• Applicants applying to Brunel for a distance learning and online learning course.
• Applicants applying for the MBBS Brunel Medical School course.

Check also:
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Application Deadline

How To Apply

In order to be considered for the scholarship, applicants must:

1. Complete an application to study at Brunel University of London via UCAS.
2. Send a cover letter, rugby CV & highlights reel to [email protected], Applications will be reviewed by Ealing Trailfinders and if successful an offer of a place will be sent out alongside the scholarship contract.
3. Awarded applicants must return the signed contract to Ealing Trailfinders Professional Rugby Management and accept the course offer made to them by Brunel University of London.

For more details, visit Brunel University Scholarship webpage