Four more countries became members and the Assembly approved the introduction of European Championships based on university teams for 2001.
In 2013, 17 European Universities Championships were hosted across the continent, with 3x3 Basketball the latest sport to be integrated into the EUSA programme.
At the EUSA Executive Committee meeting held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, two bids from Coimbra and Zagreb-Rijeka were considered, with the latter two Croatian cities attributed the rights to host the third edition of the European Universities Games in 2016.
The EUSA Conference and General Assembly took place in Denizli, Turkey, where the hosts for the 2018 European Universities Games were announced, with the Portuguese city of Coimbra chosen ahead of Finland's Tampere.
A new Executive Committee was elected at the annual General Assembly which took place in Wroclaw, Poland, with Adam Roczek reelected as the President of EUSA.
On April 9, 2016 the EUSA General Assembly announced Belgrade, Serbia to host the 2020 Edition of EUG.
After submitting an application the previous year, EUSA received participatory status with the Council of Europe.
On the occasion of the European Universities Games, the annual photo competition was rebranded to the #MyEusa campaign, with EUSA launching its own Application for hand-held devices.
There are currently 23 sports on the programme of European Universities Championships, including individual and team sports: badminton, basketball, basketball 3x3, beach volleyball, beach handball, bridge, chess, football, futsal, golf, handball, judo, karate, kickboxing, muaythai, orienteering, rowing, rugby sevens, sport climbing, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball and water polo.
[8] The title of EUSA Cup is awarded to those sport events that are yet to be considered to be put on the list of European Universities Championships.
EUSA also grants its patronage to already established university sport events in Europe, helping to promote them through its networks.
EUSA Symposiums are also organised biannually, and focus in active inclusion of students and cooperation with the universities.
To support the development of University Sport in Europe, EUSA is also implementing or participating in different programs and projects.
It allows student from all over Europe to take part in the different European Universities Championships as volunteers via a network connecting them to the organisers.
Until 2013 EUSA logo or emblem consisted of a blue letter "U" on a white background, with 12 yellow stars surrounding it.
Highest governing body of EUSA is the General Assembly which represents the members (currently 45 national university sports associations).
The General Assembly elects the Executive Committee (consisting of 13 members) for a period of four years and it takes all the necessary decisions for the smooth running of the organisation.