Introduction: The most common stress experienced by students is academic stress. Academic stress is defined as an individual situation understood and experienced by the student when entering higher education, or excellent high-level academic training.

Objectives: To assess the levels of stress in practical teaching of students of the 3rd year of Nursing at the National University Timor Lorosa'e.

Methodology: a descriptive-analytical, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The present study was carried out at the National University of TimorLorosae, in a sample of 83 nursing students from the 3rd year of 2021, of the degree in nursing. Data collection was carried out during the month of October 2021 and through self-response, a questionnaire was carried out with closed questions to explore more primary data.

Results: The total sample 97% are attending the 3rd year of the course and they have never failed and been admitted as approved. Mostly female (53%), with an average age of 22 years, in which it is intended to know the expression of the students' stress level throughout the course and its close relationship with gender and the degree year, it was possible to verify a test that nursing students experiencing stress during this period of professional competence development.

Conclusion: Practical nursing and academic teaching stress is defined as a condition or circumstance that causes an imbalance in individuals, as a result of the evaluation or appreciation and students' perceptions of academic stressors, related to their professional experience at universities in a context of learning.