BCU Sports Facilities
BCU has the only university sports programme to be based out of a professional sports stadium - The Alexander Stadium. As a student at BCU you can take advantage of multiple facilities across the city, for everything from social football to professional track and field.Â
Alexander Stadium
A world-class athletics stadium built for the Commonwealth Games. Now Alexander Stadium is home to state-of-the-art facilities for our Sport and Life Sciences courses, and is a training ground for our elite athletes.
- World Athletics Class 1 certified competition track
- 6‑lane warm‑up track
- 3G floodlit multi-sport pitch with artificial turfÂ
Doug Ellis Sports Centre
Based in Perry Barr just a short bus ride from our City Centre Campus.Â
- Fully air-conditioned gym with over 80 pieces of equipmentÂ
- 8-court sports hall with a semi-sprung wooden floor
- 3 bookable workout studios ranging from small to largeÂ
- Outdoor all-weather floodlit pitchesÂ
City South Sports Centre
At our City South campus, there's a large sports hall where you can join social badminton, pickleball and more. You can also find a small gym where BCU Active run fitness classes.Â
The Pavilion
The Pavilion is one of the main training grounds for rugby and football at BCU.Â
- 12 grass football and rugby pitches
- Changing roomsÂ
- Function room and event space with a barÂ