Physical culture is the part of students’ healthy life style. Materials. Physical fitness of first-year students of Ural State University of Economics and Kurgan State University. Research methods. Information sources analysis and summarizing, method of control tests and methods of mathematical statistics. Results. The article presents comparative results of first-year students’ general physical fitness. It is mentioned that according to “standing long jump with two legs push (cm)”, “body lifting from back posture (quantity within a minute)”, “pull-up at a high bar (quantity)”(boys) and “push-up lying on the floor (quantity)”(girls) tests the average indices are higher among the students of Kurgan State University. In “bending forward from standing position on a gymnastic bench (cm)” test higher results were among the boys from Ural State University of Economics. Conclusion. We come to the conclusion that first-year students from Kurgan State University have better developed power oriented and speed-power oriented abilities and flexibility is better developed among the students of Ural State University of Economics