purpose To have a knowledge about the incidence of tuberculosis among university students to provide reference for further managing

preventing and controlling tuberculosis among university students.Method University students in northeast forestry university were screened for the tuberculosis with X-ray examination

and acid-fast bacilli was used to check diagnose and the incidence of tuberculosis from 2003 to 2010 among students in this university were analyzed.Results The total incidences of tuberculosis were 173 in this university over the recent 8 years

the highest incidence rate of tuberculosis was in 2008（1.41‰）

the lowest incidence rate of tuberculosis was in 2010（0.74‰）;Among the incident tuberculosis

the incidence rate of tuberculosis of lungs was as high as 54.9%

followed by the tuberculous pleurisy with an incidence rate of 34.68%

incidence rate of tuberculosis in other parts was lower;The newly-registered

freshman and senior students had a higher incidence rate.Conclusion The prevention and control of tuberculosis

especially the tuberculosis of lungs should be carried out according to the characteristics of students from different grades.