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Background: Despite their ascribed intellectual ability and achieved academic pursuits,medical students’ academic achievement is influenced by motivation. This study is an endeavor to examine the role of motivation in the academic achievement of medical students.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional correlational study, out of the total 422 medicalstudents, from 4th to final year during the academic year 2007–2008, at School of Medicine,Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 344 participated in completion of the Inventory ofSchool Motivation (ISM), comprising 43 items and measuring eight aspects of motivation. Thegold standard for academic achievement was their average academic marks at pre-clinical andclinical levels. Data were computer analyzed by running a couple of descriptive and analytical tests including Pearson Correlation and Student’s t-student. Results: Higher motivationscores in areas of competition, effort, social concern, and task were accompanied by higheraverage marks at pre-clinical as well as clinical levels. However, the latter ones showed greatermotivation for social power as compared to the former group. Task and competition motivationfor boys was higher than for girls. Conclusion: In view of our observations, students’ academicachievement requires coordination and interaction between different aspects of motivation.