Aberdeen University Sports Union
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| Institution | University of Aberdeen |
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| Location | Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
| Established | 1889 (as Athletics Association (AA)) |
| Members | c. 13,900 total |
| Affiliations | British Universities and Colleges Sport, Scottish Student Sport |
| Website | http://www.ausa.org.uk |
Aberdeen University Sports Union (AUSU) is the sports union at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is a constituent part of Aberdeen University Students' Association. It is not responsible for facilities and rents time for its clubs from Aberdeen Sports Village.
The University of Aberdeen Sports Union was created in 1999 from an amalgamation of three student bodies, to create the Aberdeen University Students' Association. At this point the ancient Athletics Association, as it was known, ceased to exist. At first the new sports body was called Sports Council but in 2002 this changed to Sports Union due to confusion over the number of councils at the university. The new body is identical in set up to its sister Aberdeen University Societies Union.
The strip uses the four colours of the university crest - royal blue, gold, red and white. The design was based on the quarters of the university crest and the previous rugby 1st XV strips. The traditional colours of royal blue and gold had to be supplemented due to Heriot-Watt University carrying out a similar project several years previously and their colours also being royal blue and gold. The away strip was opposite with red as the main.
Opened in August 2009, the £28 million Aberdeen Sports Village features a 135m indoor running straight, indoor football pitch, sports hall, four squash courts, gym and two dance studios. There is a 400m outdoor running track as well as a football pitch (home ground of Junior team Lewis United F.C.) and a hockey pitch.
In 2010, Aberdeen Sports Village hosted a training session of the Scottish Rugby Team. In 2012 Aberdeen Sports Village was an official pre-games training venue of the Cameroon Olympic Team prior to London 2012.
An aquatics centre featuring a 10 lane 50m pool and diving complex has since been completed and was opened in 2014.
Kings Pavilion is an art deco building built in the 1930s, containing the swimming pool, performance gym, performance suite and away outdoor changing rooms.
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