The General Assembly of FISU, composed of 164 National University Sport Federation members, establishes the organisation's general policy and main lines of work. The next General Assembly will take place on 17-18 November 2023.

More specifically, the objectives of the FISU General Assembly are to:

• Meet every two years, and bring together FISU's 164 national university sports member federations
• Elect the FISU Executive Committee for a four-year period
• Approve the budget and the programme proposed by the Executive Committee