The Portuguese National University Sport Federation – FADU – was founded in 1990. It is a sport federation gifted with the status of Public Use since 1995 and is a member of FISU, the international university sport governing body.
FADU began its international participations as the 1991 Sheffield Universiade (Great Britain) and one year later it participated in the World University Futsal Championships in Malaga (Spain). The year 1993 was of particular importance for FADU since it was officially recognised as a FISU member and it took part in the Buffalo Universiade (USA). Since these dates, it has participated in every Summer Universiade.
FADU has developed and grown into one of the largest national sport federations.