摘要：Introduction: Family functionality and life satisfaction in university students is related to the way they perceive their family situation and quality of life in terms of well-being, personal fulfillment according to their interests and purposes in life. Method: A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional, cross-sectional research study was conducted from August to November 2021, with a population of 862 students from the nursing student community with active enrollment in the second academic period of 2021. Results: The variables linked to family functionality showed that 39.5% have a good family function compared to 0.4% with severe family dysfunction. Discussion: In the population under study, the female sex predominated (96.2%) compared to the male sex (3.8%), different from the results found by Arias, Huamani and Caycho who report more participation by males obtaining greater satisfaction with life. Conclusion: Regarding family functionality, 50% of the students of the nursing program have a slight family dysfunction and 39.5% have a good family function and in relation to the variable satisfaction with life, the findings (global score) obtained indicate that 35.8% of the students are in the "highly satisfied" level, 38.9% are in the "satisfied" level, 19.6% are "dissatisfied" and 5.3% are extremely dissatisfied.
