Leading sports university
Whether your interest in sport and fitness lies in the occasional visit to the gym or competing at a national level, we can cater for all your sporting needs.
We have 65 sports clubs and were awarded the coveted 5* for sport and exercise provision in the 2007 Times Good University Guide.
Our superb facilities include:
- state-of-the-art gyms
- a residential centre for outdoor activities
- a swimming pool
- extensive playing fields
- a sports injury clinic
Centre for Sport and Exercise
Pleasance Sports Centre
Situated just a short walk from George Square and Pollock Halls, we have one of the biggest and best-equipped gyms in Scotland.
You'll also find more than 60 exercise classes, workshops, gym support and personal fitness advice.
Student memberships are available from around £1 per week, which includes unlimited access to the gyms, our 25-meter six-lane pool at St Leonard's Land and free entry to over 50 fitness classes.
Facilities at the Pleasance Sports Centre include:
- 100-station cardiovascular gym with personal TV screens
- body circuit gym, with plasma TVs
- women's sauna
- four squash courts
- four weights gyms
- 36-station Nautilus machine weights gym
- multi-purpose sports hall
- three activity gyms
- health bar and bistro service
- sports specific areas (such as archery and rifle ranges; boxing)
Close to the Sports Centre we have:
- a multi-purpose sports hall
- three gymnasia
- a 25-meter six-lane swimming pool
- a free weights gym
Cheap and reliable, the Pleasance Sports Centre allows all students to take part in a wide variety of sports. From badminton to volleyball ... there is always quality equipment and valuable advice available.
Simon Messenger
Third-year environmental geoscience student
Sports injury clinic
Our team in the internationally renowned Fitness Assessment and Sports Injuries Centre (FASIC), located in the Pleasance Sports Centre, has a proven record of excellence in sports injury care and prevention.
The team works with all levels of sport, from recreational to Olympic-standard.
The clinic provides physiotherapy, podiatry, medical consultancy and preventative sports medicine services.
Peffermill playing fields
Recognised as one of the leading outdoor sports facilities in Scotland, Peffermills facilities include:
- two international-standard water-based Astroturf pitches
- golf practice area
- three all-weather tennis courts
- nine lane, 100m floodlit training track
- cricket nets
- six football pitches
- four rugby pitches
- lacrosse and shinty pitches
- two cricket squares
- bar and catering facilities
- meeting rooms
Firbush outdoor centre
Situated in a magnificent location on Loch Tay in the southern Highlands, the University's residential centre for outdoor activities offers you sailing, windsurfing, kayaking and gorge walking in the summer, and cross-country skiing and mountaineering in the winter.
Edinburgh University Sports Union
EUSU is the student-run body that organises sport at the University.
We enter more teams than any other university into the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) leagues, consistently ranking among the top five universities in the UK.
BUSA involves over 150 universities and colleges, and provides opportunities to compete with the very best at a national level.
If you prefer a more relaxed approach to your sport, getting together with friends can be one of the best ways to try a new activity.
With a host of "just-for-fun" intra-mural activities to choose from, we have something for everyone.
This article was published on Apr 4, 2008