Objective To study the overall situation and coping styles of psychological stress among university students. Methods A total of 306 students from a university located in Xi'an City were selected with stratified random sampling to undergo a survey for basic feature and coping style of psychological stress. The experimental data were analyzed by SPSS 19. 0 software and Excel 2003 software. Results The students got high scores on academic stress,career pressure and emotional stress( 2. 03 ± 0. 82,2. 02 ± 0. 8...