This study was conducted to explore the relationship between the academic procrastination and emotional intelligence among university students based on gender, stream of study, and place of residence. In the present study, the descriptive research design was used. Simple random sampling techniques were used to select a sample of 160 students. To study the academic procrastination of university student’s researcher used ‘The Academic Procrastination Scale’, developed by Dr. Savita Gupta and Liyaqat Basir, and to study the emotional intelligence researcher used ‘Emotional Intelligence Scale’, developed by Anukool Hyde, Sanjyot Pethe and Upinder Dhar. The statistical technique used in this study was mean, standard deviation, t-test, and correlation. The findings of the study showed that university students have an average level of academic procrastination and a high level of emotional intelligence. There is no significant difference in academic procrastination based on gender, stream of study, and place of residence. There is no significant difference in emotional intelligence based on gender, stream of study, and place of residence. Also, there is no significant relationship between academic procrastination and emotional intelligence among university students.

Academic Procrastination, Emotional Intelligence, University Students