Objective To understand the knowledge

attitute and practice（KAP）pertaining to tuberculosis among freshmen in colleges and universities

so as to provide a more scientific and rational basis for improving the tuberculosis education model.Methods The cluster sampling method was used to select 1 088 full-time freshmen of grade 2018 in an engineering university in Guangzhou as the research subjects.Tuberculosis-related KAP surveys were conducted using a unified questionnaire.Results The total awareness rate of the core knowledge of tuberculosis among the subjects was 73.16%.There was no significant difference in the awareness rate of the core knowledge of tuberculosis among the subjects with different sociodemographic characteristics（P>0.05）.96.88%of the subjects stated that they had the habit of regularly opening windows for ventilation on a daily basis.Comparing the tuberculosis-related practices between subjects of different genders

it is found that girls performed better than boys in the entry"having the habit of regularly opening windows for ventilation on a daily basis"

and the difference was statistically significant（P<0.05）.30.97% of the subjects expressed their willingness to participate in tuberculosis prevention-related publicity activities

and 57.26%of the subjects expressed their willingness to actively spread tuberculosis-related knowledge to others.At present

the main sources for the subjects to obtain tuberculosis-related knowledge include newspapers

magazines

books（66.73%）

television（56.71%）

and school education（54.41%）;the majority of subjects hope to use the Internet（65.35%）

WeChat（55.70%）and other means to obtain tuberculosis-related knowledge in the future.In addition

80.79%of the subjects hope that health education classes will be teached by doctors.Conclusion Freshmen in colleges and universities have some tuberculosis-related knowledge

but their understanding of the harmfulness of tuberculosis is insufficient.Schools should increase the attention and investment in tuberculosis prevention and education

and strengthen such means of education as online media and lectures held by professionals

so as to improve students′tuberosis-related knowledge and the awareness of tuberosis prevention.