Objective To investigate the features of dating violence among university students so as to provide a theoretical reference for the implementation of targeted love education on students.Methods 1 357 students of a university in Jilin province were selected to take anonymous self-administered questionnaires about dating violence.Results 57.33%（778/1 357）students dated the opposite sex alone in one year before the survey.Among them

278 students had dating violence

accounting for 35.73%（278/778）.The dating violence incidence of male students was 32.21%（163/506）and that of female students was 42.28%（115/272）

and the difference of dating violence incidence between male and female students was statistically significant（χ2=7.81

P=0.005）.During dating

the physical violence incidence of female students was 19.12%（52/272）

the physical violence incidence of male students was 12.06%（61/506）

and the difference was statistically significant（χ2=7.10

P=0.008）.5.34%（27/506）of male students beat their lover or dating partner very hard with bare hand

while the occurrence of this behavior among female students was 12.13%（33/272）

and the difference was statistically significant（χ2=11.46

P=0.000）.7.71%（39/506）of male students suffered hard beating

8.46%（23/272）of female students suffered such experience

and the difference was not statistically significant（χ2=0.14

P=0.708）.21.15%（107/506）of male students had mental violence to their dating partner

27.94%（76/272）of female students had mental violence to their dating partner

and the difference between male and female students was statistically significant（χ2=4.53

P=0.033）.23.52%（119/506）of male students suffered mental violence from their dating partner

26.84%（73/272）of female students suffered mental violence from their dating partner

which showed no significant difference（χ2=1.06

P=0.303）.2.77%（14/506）of male students experienced sexual dating violence

2.21%（6/272）of female students experienced sexual dating violence

and the difference was not statistically significant（χ2=0.22

P=0.639）.2.37%（12/506）of male students used threats or other means to force their dating partner to have sex on a date while the proportion of girls had such behavior was 0.39%（1/272）

and there was no significant difference（χ2=3.09

P=0.787）.1.38%（7/506）of male students were forced to have sex with their dating partner

the proportion of female students who were forced to have sex was 2.21%（6/272）

and the difference was not statistically significant（χ2=0.32

P= 0.572）.Conclusion The problem of dating violence among university students is common and has seriously affected the physical and mental health of students.It should attract wide attention of the whole society and university students should receive targeted health education.