Politécnico da Guarda is part of the Academic Federation of University Sports (FADU), a Sports Federation that focuses on sport as a tool in training and education.

As a multi-sport Federation, with the mission of organizing university sport in all its dimensions — sporting, educational and social — it aims to promote competition, socializing and exchange of students from the various Higher Education institutions inside and outside Portugal. It also intends to encourage a competitive mindset, team spirit and fair play, inducing healthy lifestyle habits in the academic community.