The grand opening of the National Universiade-2018 was held in Minsk on May 31. Within the framework of the event the winners of the National Universiade-2017 were announced. The awarding ceremony was held by the Minister of Education Igor Vasilievich Karpenko, the Deputy Minister of Sports and Tourism Alexander Ivanovich Baraulia and the Chairman of the Belarusian Student Sport Association Alexander Bogdanovich.
According to the results for 2017, the Belarusian-Russian University took second place in the third group of universities (the number of students is less than 3,000).