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Background: The pandemic, caused by this new virus, has had an impact on various areas of health such as psychological well-being, since it generated fear of contagion of this disease, in addition to not having the necessary resources to face this new reality imposed by the covid-19; This caused another challenge to face in this pandemic. The effects of covid-19 on university students have brought out feelings and emotions that used to be regulated by thoughts; however, these are now affected by different situations. Objective of the study: The objective was to know the levels of anxiety, rumination and academic stress: effects of covid-19 of university students. Method: The methodology used consisted of a descriptive study with a non-experimental cross-sectional design; the sample was 660 students of the first cycle of the Health career of a private university; sampling was non-probabilistic for convenience; three instruments were used to measure the variables anxiety (STAI), academic stress (SISCO) and ruminative responses (RRS).