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BACKGROUND: Achievement of productivity and improvement of quality in the educational systemis the effective, influential factors for countries development. Academic achievement is the mainobjective of the training program and the most important concerns of teachers, education officials,and university Student’s families. Self‑esteem is one of the factors affecting student academicachievement. This study is aimed to investigate the relationship between self‑esteem and academicachievement in Medical Sciences students of in 2014–2015.SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This is a descriptive–correlational study. In this study, 537 universitystudents were selected using random stratified sampling method from Guilan University of MedicalSciences in 2014–2015. Data were collected using the standard self‑esteem questionnaire of CooperSmith consisting of four elements (general, social, familial, and educational) and a demographicquestionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 21 and descriptive statistics suchas Spearman correlation and Logistic Regression.RESULTS: The results indicated a significant relationship between grade point average andeducational self‑esteem (P = 0.002, r = 0.135) and global self‑esteem (P = 0.02, r = 0.102). Therewas also a significant relationship between composite Index educational status and generalself‑esteem (P = 0.019, r = 0.102) and academic achievement (P = 0.007, r = 0.116) and globalself‑esteem (P = 0.020, r = 0.102).CONCLUSIONS: According to the results, the highest mean score of self‑esteem was related tothe familial element, and the lowest average was in terms of social self‑esteem, therefore, given theimportance and necessity of self‑esteem in academic achievement, strengthening of all aspects ofself‑esteem is suggested.