Twenty coaches and officials are also set to form part of the Australian delegation, which is due to compete in 11 sports.

Athletics is set to be its most represented sport with 34 athletes travelling to the Chinese capital, slightly down from the squad of 39 announced by Athletics Australia in May after some late changes.

Long jumper Liam Adcock, middle-distance runners Matthew Hussey, Izzi Thornton-Bott and Isaac Heyne, sprinter Ryan Tarrant and hurdler Jacob McCorry have all withdrawn from the initial selection.

Adcock was replaced by Zane Branco in the men's long jump and Georgia Winkcup has additionally entered the women's 3,000 metres steeplechase since the initial selections.

Winkcup competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and Chengdu 2021 is set to mark her first appearance at the FISU World University Games.

Alec Diamond is returning to the FISU Games after his decathlon silver in Naples in 2019, when the multi-sport event was known as the Universiade.

The Australian team additionally includes four archers, four divers, 12 fencers, six artistic gymnasts, two rhythmic gymnasts, 11 rowers, five taekwondo athletes, four tennis players, a women's water polo team of 15 and one wushu athlete.

It features representatives from 26 institutions across Australia, with the University of Sydney providing the largest contingent with 16 athletes.

Ten members of the team are based overseas.

Katherine Yu is set to serve as Australia's head doctor for Chengdu 2021, and the team is due to be led by Chef de Mission Carrie Graf, the director of sport at the University of Canberra.

"I am excited to lead the UniRoos team to Chengdu," she said.

"The FISU World University Games continues to be highly regarded as a competitive international, multi-sport event.

"Not only does the event enable our current elite and emerging athletes to compete against the best in their sport, but it also provides a platform from which many student-athletes launch their international career.

"The competition has been a pathway for elite athletes who have gone on to compete in the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, such as [middle-distance runner] Catriona Bissett and [trap shooter and Rio 2016 gold medallist] Catherine Skinner."

Deputy Chef de Mission Siobhan James, the general manager for international programmes and national leagues, is set to attend her ninth summer edition of the FISU Games and highlighted the opportunities provided by the multi-sport event.

"World University Games provides a unique opportunity for elite student-athletes to experience an event which mimics an Olympic Games," James said.

"I expect that the Chengdu 2021 Organising Committee will create an event that will leave a long lasting and positive memory for these student-athletes."

Chengdu 2021 has retained its original branding despite being delayed by two years due to China's tough COVID-19 restrictions.

This led to the maximum age being increased from 25 to 27, to allow athletes who would have missed out due to the delay, to take part.

It is set to begin on Friday (July 28) and run until August 8.

There are 268 medal events on the programme across 18 sports.

Estimates for the number of athletes set to compete at Chengdu 2021 have varied, but UniSport Australia said it expected more than 50 countries to participate.

This would be significantly down from the 118 countries who featured at Naples 2019.

Australia won six golds, five silvers and six bronzes to place 12th on the medals table four years ago.