Far Eastern University was one of the founding members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) of the Philippines in 1924.

FEU offers varsity sports in basketball (5x5 and 3x3), volleyball, beach volleyball, football, futsal, badminton, tennis, swimming, taekwondo, table tennis, chess, softball, fencing, and track & field.

[1] The local endemic animal was chosen originally by the FEU founder, Dr. Nicanor Reyes Sr., for his admiration of its strength and intelligence.

[2] The Tamaraw icon has eventually transformed into a nationalistic and culturally significant symbol for ferociousness.

FEU ranks second in total number of combined championships won in the juniors, women's, and men's basketball divisions.

In Season 68, the FEU Tamaraws won their 19th title by sweeping the De La Salle Green Archers in their best of three championship series, played at the Araneta Coliseum on October 6, 2005.

On October 15, 2014, the FEU Tamaraws lost their championship series against the NU Bulldogs in three games.

They're the group with exceptionally loud voices, and solid hand gestures, leading the crowd on every event on and off campus.

Initially part of the Cheering Squad, now under the FEU Center for the Arts, they are well trained in beating the drums.