Only the competitors who satisfy the following conditions may take part in a FISU event:
- Students who are currently officially registered as proceeding towards a degree or diploma at the university or similar institute, the status of which is recognized by the appropriate national academic authority of their country; or former students of the institutions mentioned before who have obtained their academic degree or diploma in the calendar year preceding the event.
- Be a national of the country they represent;
- Be at least 18 and no older than 25 years of age on December 31st in the year of the event (WU2021: athletes must be born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2003).
