Introduction.

The present work shows the results of the first evaluation of the academic motivation in university students of School of Human Medicine of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo Catholic University during the academic semester 2020-II in the context of virtual education.

Subjects and methods.

To describe the profile of academic motivation during virtual education. The study sample consisted of 141 students to whom the motivational block of the ‘Motivated strategies for learning questionnaire' instrument in its Uruguayan version was applied.

Results.

The results show that 66% of the participants showed a high level of academic motivation, and 34% a medium level of academic motivation. The components evaluated were: intrinsic value, self-efficacy and test anxiety.

Conclusions.

Regarding the intrinsic value and self-efficacy component, those who obtained scores above P50 show positive attitudes for their academic performance; regarding the test anxiety component, those who obtained scores above P50 show attitudes that can affect their academic performance.

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