Title: Stress and Coping Strategies Among Nursing Students at Catholic University of University of Croatia: Cross Sectional Study Background: Studying represents a new step in the life of every student, and they face numerous life questions and obstacles. Students are exposed to various stressors, which can greatly affect their health. The ways they use to deal with them are of great importance for the prevention of disorders and many diseases. Aim: The objective of this research was to examine the level of stress and ways of coping with stress among nursing students of the Croatian Catholic University. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted. The respondents were nursing students of the Croatian Catholic University. The data were collected using an anonymous questionnaire consisting of four parts and sent to all addresses of nursing students via e-mail. The first part of the survey questionnaire refers to sociodemographic data, the second to academic stressors that students encounter, the third to the level of perceived stress and the fourth part to the strategies that students use when dealing with stress. Results: A total of 152 respondents participated in this research, of which 14 were men and 138 were women. The majority of students cited the lack of time to study and fulfill academic obligations as the stressor that causes them the most stress (M= 4.16, SD=1.03). Furthermore, the level of stress was the same among employed and unemployed students (MZ=3.28, SDZ=0.70, MNZ=3.22, SDNZ=0.75), and turning to religion is the strategy most often used by respondents in dealing with stress (M=4.04, SD =1.25). Conclusion: Lack of time to study and fulfill academic obligations creates the greatest stress for nursing students, and turning to religion is the most common strategy in coping with stress. Students can be supported by encouraging students to actively present their existing problem, by educating them on relaxation methods and by talking to individual experts. Taking into account the knowledge that stress has a negative impact on various areas of individual activity, the need for a more serious understanding of the existence of stress among students and the need for further research in this area, relying on ways of its prevention, is indicated.