Background:  Food Allergy is an abnormal response to a food protein triggered by the body’s immune system. Aim of the study: To assess knowledge and attitude of university students about   food allergy. Research design: descriptive research design was used in this study. Setting: The study was conducted in 4 randomly selected faculties at Assiut University (Faculty of Social Work, Computers and Information, Arts and Veterinary Medicine).Total sample 931.  Two tools was used (first tool) A structured self-administered questionnaire consisted of two part; first part included personal characteristic data .The second part included assessment of knowledge about food allergy. (second tool) likert scale to assess attitude  toward food allergy. Results: Finding revealed that more than two fifth of them their age were 20-21 years old. About three quarter of studied students had poor score of knowledge, while only 4.9% of them had good score of knowledge. Conclusion: The study concluded that there were lack of knowledge about food allergy. There was a statistical significant difference between sex, mother's education and their knowledge. Recommendation: The study recommended that develop  plan, and  implement health education programs for university students about food allergy and Increase  the amount of periodicals and books in the different libraries regarding food allergy.

Key Words:  University students, Perception, food allergy