Abstract The aim of the current research is to identify the time perspective and the quality of academic life of Baghdad University students. The research also aims to identify the relationship between the time perspective and the academic quality of Baghdad University students and the extent to which the time perspective dimension of academic quality contributes to the identification of the difference between the time perspectives in terms of gender. Finally, the research aims to identify if there is a significant difference in the quality of academic life between males and females. The scales were applied to a number of (434) university male and female student. A one-sample t-test, a two-sample t-test, the analysis of the variation, the Pearson correlation coefficient, and the alpha-Cronbach test were used to analyze the collected data. The results for the first objective showed that the research sample has a high-time perspective in terms of the quality of academic life, the positive past, the negative past, the future, and the reverse rise of the interesting present. The research sample has a positive attitude towards the quality of academic life. There is a significant positive correlation between the quality of academic life, the positive past, and the future. There is a significant negative correlation between the qualities of academic life, the inevitable present, and the negative past. The results also showed that dimensions of the interesting present and the future have a significant positive contribution to the quality of academic life.
