About the Union

The National Student Sports Union of Kazakhstan was established in 1992. Since 1993, Kazakhstan’s student teams have participated in the World Universiades.

Over the years, Kazakhstani students have won a total of 229 medals at Summer and Winter World Universiades:
– 54 gold,
– 73 silver,
– 90 bronze medals.

At the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea, Kazakhstan ranked 11th in the overall team standings. In the same year, at the Winter Universiade in Granada, Spain, Kazakhstan took 3rd place.

In 2017, Kazakhstan hosted the XXVIII World Winter Universiade in Almaty, where the national team secured 2nd place overall.