Sport on campus

Whether your interest is in competitive sports or leisure pursuits we have a range of facilities and services to meet your needs.

If it’s sport you’re into then the Sports Centre – open 7 days a week, has something for you.

  • Make a splash in our five lane 25m pool -The Students' Union offers canoeing and scuba diving there too
  • Chill out and relax in the spa and sauna
  • Work out in our four refurbished air-conditioned gyms with heaps of fitness equipment – including machines with built-in TVs and music systems
  • To really break into a sweat there’s a huge range of fitness classes to choose from – anything from Boxercise to Yoga
  • There is also a sports hall with basketball, netball and badminton courts and a five aside football pitch
  • Scale those dizzy heights using our indoor climbing wall with cave, archway, high lead work and in situ ropes
  • We’ve got instructors on hand too, to help set up a fitness programme or test your fitness.

If you are interested outdoor sports we have astroturf pitches for football, hockey and rugby plus grass pitches for football and rugby.

On the water you have the opportunity to join the Salford University Boating Club based in the Water Sports centre at Salford Quays. Each year there is the Two Cities Boat Race, the annual rowing regatta between the Universities of Manchester and Salford.