The current study aimed to identify the level of Academic Passion and Emotional Intelligence among Sultan Qaboos University students. Additionally, identify the differences in levels of Academic Passion and Emotional Intelligence according to gender (male, female), it examined whether Emotional Intelligence could predict academic passion. Participants were 340 male and female students from Sultan Qaboos University selected by the convenient sampling technique. Academic Passion scale (Vallerand et al., 2003), and Emotional Intelligence scale (Al-Alwan, 2011) were used to collect data. Results indicated that the level of Academic Passion and Harmonious passion were high while Obsessive Passion was medium. The level of Emotional Intelligence among university students was generally high. There were no significant differences in Academic Passion. No significant differences were detected in Emotional Intelligence except for the empathy subscale in favor of females. All subscales of Emotional Intelligence contributed to predicting the Harmonious Passion subscale, while the social communication subscale contributed to predicting compulsive Academic Passion.