Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) greatly very within countries. Low and    middle-income countries (LMICs) and vulnerable communities of high-income countries (HIC)   share disproportionately higher burden.  Objectives: To explore the level of knowledge and attitude of Baghdad university students  concerning risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.  Methodology: A cross-sectional design study utilizing a stratified random sampling method.  Students of all colleges of Baghdad University (BU) in   aghdad city were included. The   respondents were randomly selected from each college. The sample size was 200. Knowledge,
attitude questionnaire was developed and distributed to the respondents involved. The data  collected was analyzed using SPSS version 26.0. Results: The majority of the study were female who accounted for (65.5%) of the total participants   while male constituted (34.5%). Most of the study participants (35%) were ages between 20 and   21 years. Study participants’ distribution in equal forms on colleges twenty-five percent for each   college. 32.5% of the students were first class. Ninety three percent of the students were single and  the remainder was married. Majority (89%) lived in urban areas while the rest (11%) lived in rural
areas. Conclusions: Although more than half of the current study participants had poor knowledge   and postive attitude about CVD, there is not satisfactory. The knowledge of CVD symptoms and  risk factors is below optimal levels regarding risk factors for cardio vascular diseases, as well as results shows overall students have positive attitude toward preventive measurement about risk
factors of cardiovascular needs targeted national campaigns about CVD according to the identified   predictors of CVD to prevent and to alleviate the complications due to CVDs.