The General Assembly of FISU, composed of 174 National University Sport Federation members, establishes the organisation's general policy and main lines of work. The next General Assembly will take place virtually on 29-31 October 2021.

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

• Meet every two years, and bring together FISU's 174 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