The present study was conducted to find out level of emotional intelligence and its impact on overall academic performance in all the semester examinations of undergraduate students. For this 80 students who have just passed their undergraduate degree programme from various professional, arts and science colleges functioning in and around Puducherry were approached at random to collect data using purposive sampling method. Emotional Quotient Inventory developed and standardized by Reuven Bar-On (2000) was used for data collection. The overall percentages of marks secured by the students in all the semesters were taken as the performance indicator. The collected data were statistically analysed using ‘t’ test and one way ANOVA. The findings revealed that there is significant relation between emotional quotient and academic performance of the students.
