​Loughborough Sport

Loughborough’s reputation for sporting excellence spans performance, facilities, expertise and working partnerships. Over 100 years ago our Principal, Herbert Schofield, a great innovator, made educating the mind and the body central to his student welfare philosophy and saw sport and physical education as crucial to this philosophy.

Now, over 100 years later, Loughborough Sport plays host to many of the highest performing student athletes and teams in the country and our campus wide opportunities allow all of our students the chance to enjoy life shaping experiences through sport.

Our strong association with elite performance sport is boosted by the number of students, alumni and Loughborough-based athletes that choose the campus as their training base; the number of national sport governing bodies that house their main headquarters here; and the decision in 2012 to use Loughborough as the official preparation camp for Team GB ahead of the Olympics.

Loughborough Sport

Loughborough Sport is the heartbeat of all sport at Loughborough University.

Students Union

As part of the Students Union the Athletic Union has a diverse variety of clubs and societies available for everyone to get involved with.

Featured Alumni

Recognising and celebrating the fantastic achievements of Loughborough affiliated performers and coaches.

Loughborough Sporting Club

Designed to create a community of involved and engaged Loughborough University alumni and friends of the Loughborough sporting family.

Loughborough College

HE students on Loughborough University accredited programmes at the college have the opportunity to get involved with all of our sporting offer.

An inclusive sporting environment

We firmly believe in the value of sport to our students' lives, regardless of ability.

Our sporting offer includes wide ranging programmes facilitating free sporting trials and dedicated free play spaces on campus. With two outstanding gyms based on campus alongside a 50 meter swimming pool our focus on an inclusive sporting environment has resulted in over 70% of students regularly taking part in sport.

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