摘要:AbstractThis study aims to highlight how academic specialization influences the variables: self-perception of stress, coping mechanisms in students at the Faculty of Psychology and students from the Faculty of Chemistry. This study involved 63 subjects, final year undergraduate students at two universities, with different profiles. Hypothesis 1 was supported by the data. Research results have shown that academic specialization significantly influences self-perception of stressors in students of Psychology and students of the Faculty of Chemistry observing that students from the Faculty of Chemistry have significantly higher stress levels than the students from the Faculty of Psychology.