Introduction and purpose: Present study has examined university students' views on marriage and engagement period. Materials and methods:This study was conducted in the first semester of the academic year 2014-2015 in Urmia PNU, humanities college among senior students who were seventy. This study was conducted aimed to evaluate the demographic characteristics of students and their parents by researcher through survey method and using a researcher-developed questionnaire.Research findings: Study population of the study consisted of 58.6% female students and 41.4% male students, of whom 80 percent were 20 to 22 years old and 20 percent were 23 years and more. The engagement period of 88.6% of students was less than a year, 7.1% was between 1 to 2 years, and 4.3% have been engaged for three years and more. Generally, students and their parents' income is average, more than 94.2% see marriage as accountability, and 98.5% of them have understood mutual understanding in life. They consider the age between 25 and 29 as suitable for marriage and more than half them (57.1%) are intended to get married with their current fiancée. About traits of the person to whom they want to get married, being kind (94.2%) and being educated (97.1%) were considered and 82.9 know their decision asprior to their family and 84.3% of the students are not optimistic about online friendship and marriage. Conclusions:The results of this study show that young people generally have a sensitive approach toward marriage, but they are hopeful. Despite the problems of engagement period and not being comfortable, couples have considered elongation of this period and referring to specialized counseling before marriage as essential.Copy Right, IJAR, 2016,. All rights reserved.