What dual career means
Dual career means training and studies are organised together, within the same day and the same calendar, instead of competing for the same hours.
The problem it solves
Across Europe, thousands of talented athletes end up choosing between their sport and their education. Timetables clash, competition travel breaks the academic rhythm, and families are left coordinating it all alone: the school on one side, the club on the other, and nobody looking at the whole. The choice is not made in one go — it is made through missed classes and postponed exams until one of the two gives way.
What ESS solves
ESS is the first multi-sport high-performance institution in Europe, and it brings training, studies and student life under a single coordination. The academic timetable is built around each sport's training load, not the other way round; competition travel is formally recognised; and accommodation, meals and transfers are arranged so the hours actually add up.
How your programme is built
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The sport and level are chosen, setting the centre and the training hours
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On top of that comes the academic stage: School or University
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The residence is assigned by distance to training and by age, with a residential mentor
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The services that sit outside the programme amount are added, as each programme lists
How ESS operates
Travel
For example, a four-day tournament away is planned with the academic centre before entering the tournament, not after.
Timetable flexibility
An exam falling on a competition day is rescheduled, and ESS handles it, not the family.
Administrative management
Enrolment, academic accreditation and visa paperwork are handled from here.
Monitoring
ESS Tutor: the family's point of contact, a termly report and a 24-hour channel.
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