Background & Objective: Classrooms are suitable places for transferring teachers experiences to the students and a better understanding of educational contents The students absence from theoretical classes has been one of the increasing and most important educational problems in medical universities in recent years This study was performed to determine the effective factors on theoretical class attendance according to nursing and midwifery students point of view in Kerman Razi School of Nursing and Midwifery Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2003 Methods: In this descriptive – analytic study 320 nursing and midwifery students were asked to fill in the researchermade questionnaires using a census method Totally 217 questionnaires were filled Results : Among all 217 students 879% were female and 757% were single Students mean age (± SD) was 224(±4) years Native students were 567% and only 146% were employed Among the effective factors on theoretical class attendance the highest mean scores belong to “teachers scientific dominance and orientation” (47) “students interest in the related topic” (467) “proper teaching method” (466) “importance of class attendance for better comprehension of the lesson” (458) and the lowest mean scores belong to “classrooms physical environment” (385) “not attending the class as a duty” (388) using audiovisual aids (395) Conclusion : The findings showed that attending classes is affected by factors related to both teachers and studentsBut the teachers scientific dominance and orientation teaching methodology and students involvement during class discussions are the main factors which determine students attendance in the classes