The purpose of this research was to determine and compare emotional quotient (EQ) of the students in the Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University by variables of sex, major of study, year level and grade point average (GPA). The sample in this study composed of 831 students. The tool was the Emotional Quotient questionnaire from the Mental Health Department Ministry of Public Health. EQ was classified into - categories i.e. 1. goodness, 2.excellence, and 3. happiness. Three categories were divided into 9 sub categories i.e. 1.1 self-control, 1.2 sympathy, 1.3 responsibilities, 2.1 motivations, 2.2 problem solving, 2.3 human-relations, 3.1 self-proud, 3.2 life-satisfactory and 3.3 peacefulness. The collected data was analyzed in term of average, standard deviation, 2 sample t-test and one way ANOVA at 0.05 statistical significant level. The results showed that the student at Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla University showed emotional quotient in average and above average levels in all categories: "goodness", "excellence" and "happiness". From the analysis, it was found that male and female students had different EQ scores in 3 sub categories i.e. 1.2 sympathy, 1.3 responsibilities and 2.1 motivations. Moreover, it revealed that students in different levels had different EQ scores in only 1 sub category i.e. 1.3 responsibilities. It was significantly found that students with different GPA had different EQ scores in 3 sub categories i.e. 2.1 motivations, 2.2 problem solving, and 3.1 self-proud. Finally, the results beneficially showed that students in different departments had different EQ scores in 5 sub categories i.e. 1.1 self-control, 1.3 responsibilities, 2.1 motivations, 2.3 human-relations and 3.3 peacefulness. The results of this research revealed that there were different factors affecting EQ scores of the students, however, to increase EQ scores, some concrete activities should be introduced and further investigations should be made.

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