Sport guides
Your sport, overseas.
What the level actually looks like, how funding works, and how American athletes get recruited - sport by sport.
Basketball
Playing university basketball overseas: the leagues, the level, the funding and the route in for American athletes.
Track & Field
Compete overseas in track and field: BUCS championships, club athletics, and the postgraduate route for US athletes.
American Football
Around 70 to 80 British universities field American football teams. Here's the structure, the level and the route in.
Soccer
University football in Britain, plus the semi-professional club pathway that runs alongside it.
Rowing
British university rowing, from the BUCS Regatta to Henley - and how American rowers get into a boat.
Swimming
How university swimming works overseas - and why the club matters as much as the university.
Eligibility
Not sure you are still eligible?
Whatever your sport, the first question is how many seasons you have left - and what stays open when the answer is none.
- Do I still have eligibility?Count your seasons, then see every route that stays open.
- How many years of NCAA eligibility do I have?Four seasons, the five-year clock, redshirts and the COVID year.
- Does JUCO count towards eligibility?Junior college seasons use your four - and start the clock.
- Grad transfer vs a UK master'sOne needs an unused season. The other needs a degree.
- The one-year master's routeEnrolment-based eligibility: a degree and a full season in 12 months.
- Careers after college sportWhat the record is worth once you stop competing.