2015 Winter Universiade

XXVII Winter Universiade
XXVII Universiada de invierno
XXVII Zimná univerziáda
Host cityGranada, Spain
Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia (Nordic & Biathlon)
Nations30 (SVK)
34 (ESP)
Athletes1,551
Events68 in 11 sports
Opening24 January 2015 (Nordic & biathlon)
4 February 2015
Closing1 February 2015 (Nordic & biathlon)
14 February 2015
Opened byAndrej Kiska and Sebastian Pérez Ortiz
Athlete's OathSara Hurtado
Judge's OathJosé Cervi
Torch lighterPavol Hurajt (Slovakia)
Patricia Muñoz (Spain)
Main venueŠtrbské Pleso (Slovakia)
Palacio de Congresos (Opening)
Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Granada (Closing)
Websitegranada2015.org (archived)
Winter
Summer

The 2015 Winter Universiade, the XXVII Winter Universiade, was a multi-sport winter event with the host duties shared by Granada, Spain and Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. On 14 March 2009, FISU announced that the host would be Granada because they were the only bid.

On 25 June 2014, after Granada announced that it could not host cross-country skiing events for environmental and logistical reasons, FISU announced that Slovakia was invited to be a co-host of the 2015 Winter Universiade. FISU approved moving the Nordic skiing and biathlon events to Štrbské Pleso and Osrblie in Slovakia. In this way, Slovakia was allowed to add another sport to its program, ski jumping.