An Exploratory Study on the Relationship between Life Satisfaction and Academic Performance Among Undergraduate Students of UiTM, Shah Alam

Universities around the globe in this 21st century are facing challenges of globalization, competition and information and communication developments. They are required to prepare their students with knowledge and necessary skills so as to face challenges in the real world scenario such as global economy and global society since qualities are highly valued in an increasing globalized world. These universities students need to cope with complex new roles and the urge to succeed in both academic and soft skills. However, on the other hand, to what extent, these students are happy and satisfied with their life, particularly in handling with new challenges and demands from the university and society. Therefore, this study intends to investigate the relationship between academic achievement and life satisfaction among the undergraduate students of UiTM, Shah Alam. A total of 137 undergraduate students participated in this study. Pearson‟s Product –Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) was used to measure the strength and direction of the relationship between variables. The finding showed that there is no relationship between life satisfaction and academic performance among the undergraduates‟ students. Implications and recommendation were discussed in this paper.