Objective To understand the awareness of tuberculosis-related knowledge and the present condition of tuberculosis health education in undergraduate students of a university in Chongqing so as to provide a reference for the further tuberculosis health education in colleges and universities.Method With a cluster random sampling method

940 undergraduate students were surveyed with questionnaires

and results were analyzed.Results Only 55.1% of students had awareness of the two or more symptoms about tuberculosis

only 24.4% had awareness of tuberculosis transmission and less than 30.0% had awareness of the tuberculosis treatment time

sputum examination time and national prevention free policies.Only 49.9%said they had received tuberculosis education

while 84.7% hoped to receive tuberculosis-related education.Presently

the main ways for students to acquire knowledge about tuberculosis are television（63.7%）

newspapers

leaflets

posters

blackboard（56.6%）.Students hope to acquire knowledge about tuberculosis mainly through television（16.6%）

leaflets and brochures（12.1%）and posters（11.1%）.Conclusion Undergraduate students have lower awareness of tuberculosis control

the current health education achieves poor effects and its education cannot meet the needs of students.The university should strengthen its education of tuberculosis knowledge and prevention and explore effective tuberculosis health education modes

which is necessary to improve students′awareness of tuberculosis knowledge and prevent the transmission of tuberculosis on campus.