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Despite the great health benefits of physical activity, a significant percentage of students do not meet their recommended daily physical activity levels according to WHO recommendations. Using the self-deterministic theory, one can prioritize factors related to physical activity of students. Therefore, this study aimed to prioritize factors related to physical activity of students. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of gathering descriptive survey information.The statistical population consisted of all students studying at Isfahan University.The samples were selected based on the college and randomly categorized into 800 individuals. The research instrument was a self-made questionnaire with a reliability of 0.76 and a likert scale of five values .For data analysis, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics of Kolmogorov–Smirnov test and Friedman test were used. The results showed that the importance of self-efficacy, the enjoyment of social interactions, physical and anatomical function are among the most important factors related to physical activity of students.