OBJECTIVE: To know the perception of nursing students on their quality of life. METHODS: A cross-sectional study in São Paulo School of Nursing, Federal University of São Paulo / Brazil. The sample consisted of 178 undergraduates. To obtain the data, we used the generic instrument WHOQOL-brief. Interest groups were tested for normality using Kolmogorov-Smirnov and student t-test. RESULTS: The students considered their quality of life good and were satisfied with their health. The analysis found the highest average score occurred in the domain of social relationships and the lowest was in the physical domain. The students in their first year of courses had a lower quality of life than those in their second, across all domains; they were higher in the physical domain than those in their third year; and were higher than those in their fourth year in terms of the environmental domain. CONCLUSION: the students deserve attention on aspects of quality of life, especially on the physical aspects and students in their first courses must be followed.
Quality of life; Students,nursing; Perception; Psychometrics
