All the sports activities at Manipal University are conducted under the supervision of the University Sports Council headed by the Pro Chancellor as the Chairperson and Vice Chancellor as the Vice Chairperson of the council. The Deputy Registrar is the Secretary and the Registrar, Director, Student Affairs, Director, General Services, Director Finance, Director, Projects and all the Heads of constituent institutes and Directors of Physical Education are the members of this council. In addition to this, there are staff sports advisors in each college, who are also part of this council. Every year, one of the Directors of Physical Education will be elected as Chief Sports Coordinator who will oversee the University sports activities under the guidance of the Secretary, Sports Council.

The main function of the University Sports Council is to organise the inter-college sports events among the students of constituent colleges and select the best among them for the University team to represent the university at inter-university tournaments. It also organises staff sports events annually.

The sports infrastructure at Manipal University is broadly categorised into three major facilities:

• Medical Campus Sports Facility, Manipal
• Medical Campus Sports Facility, Mangalore
• MIT Campus Sports Facility, Manipal

Any Manipal University student can avail any of the three facilities as per his/her convenience. All Manipal University institutes have access to these facilities. 

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