The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 22 and 23 August 2017.

[1] Prior to the competition, the existing world and Universiade records were as follows.

The following new records were set during this competition.

The heats were held on 22 August at 10:30.

[2] The final was held on 23 August at 19:02.