Objective To understand the emotional quotient（EQ）level of the college students with experiences of staying at campus during vacations and discuss the impact of such experiences on the EQ of college students through investigating the emotional state of this particular group of college students.Method To adopt the questionnaire on health quotient（HQ）designed by XIE Huazhen

conduct an investigation on 8 064 college students（among which 3 664 students have had experiences of staying at the campus during vacations

while4 400 students have not）of Hebei University of Engineering

and analyze results of the investigation.Results The rates of those scoring 0to 2and 3to 5respectively in terms of the HQ index of the emotional state dimensionality from the students with the experiences of staying at the campus during vacations were markedly higher than those of the students without such experiences

and the differences had statistical significance（P<0.01）.The rate of those scoring 6to 8in terms of the same HQ index from the students with the experiences of staying at the campus during vacations was also higher than that of the students without such experiences though the differences had no statistical significance.And The rate of those scoring 9to 10 in terms of the same HQ index from the students with the experiences of staying at the campus during vacations was markedly lower than that of the students without such experiences

and the differences also had statistical significance（P<0.01）.Conclusion The number of students with the experiences of staying at campus during vacations who have scored lower in terms of the HQ index of the emotional state dimensionality is markedly bigger than that of the students without such experiences.It is advised that directional psychological interventions be applied to this group of students to improve its EQ level.