ABSTRACT
Study of 100 nursing student who are in third and fourth classes, to determine their choices of future specialties and the factors influenced their choices. We used a modified questionnaire derived from the graduation questionnaire of the Association of American Medical College. Sixty percentage choose adult nursing as a result of presence of excillent consultant and they possess necessary skills in their clinical performance. 13% choose community health nursing as they interested to work with specific groups of population through primary health care services. 12, 5, 4 and 2% choose paediatric nursing, obstetric nursing, fundamental nursing and psychiatric nursing respectively, Avoidance of male student to obstetric and gynaecological nursing appear clearly. 4% choose learning specialties in nursing college to continue their learning in post graduate in responses to economic factors and career prestige. Understanding factors that influence the nursing student choices of specialties is an important issue in nursing education