KFU students go in for sports in Cultural and Sports complex UNICS and in sport venues of the Universiade-2013: sport complex Bustan and universal complex Moskva. As extracurricular activities students can practice in 23 sports sections in the following sports: aerobics, bodyflex, yoga, pilates, shaping, dance classes, rock-climbing, Tae-Bo and gym halls. There is a climbing wall and billiard hall for 10 tables. As extracurricular activities students can practice the following sports in the sports center Bustan: volleyball, swimming, wter polo, rhythmic gymnastics and taekwando, volleyball, rhythmic gymnastics, weight lifting, wrestling in the universal sports center Moskva.       

There are 56 public student organisations and associations functioning in Kazan University, including: student associations, volunteer movements, scientific societies, literary-and-creative associations and discussion clubs, sports and tourist clubs etc.

Charitable actions in support of orphanage wards, victims of flood in the Far East, peaceful population of Ukraine are also organized here. Meetings of international students with heads of diplomatic missions of foreign and CIS countries are organised, as well.