Abstract: Taking Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities as object，this paper analyzed the incidence rate，incidence occasion，injury site and cause of sports injury in male and female students. The results showed：the injury occasion was highest in outdoor activity; the injury happened quite often in basketball，football，track and field，gymnastics，taekwondo; the injury sites were quite often at ankle，thigh ligament，knuckle，wrist joint，waist，shoulder and elbow. Based on the investigation results，the author suggests that the protective measures should be strengthened，the knowledge of injury prevention should be explained，the basic skill should be strengthened，and the self-protection consciousness and measures should be improved.

Key words: sports injury, university students, protection during teaching, self-protection