Schizophrenia is the most stigmatized mental disorder, and sufferers are on the social margins, isolated and not accepted by the environment. The aim of this research was to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students at the Faculty of Health Studies about patients with schizophrenia. 83 respondents attended the survey. The knowledge and attitudes of the students were measured by an author's questionnaire consisting of 10 questions each. Students showed a satisfactory level of knowledge about schizophrenia. The largest number of students, 55 of them, have a satisfactory level of knowledge about schizophrenia, while third-year students had the statistically significantly highest level of knowledge about schizophrenia. There were 78 (94%) students with a positive attitude about people suffering from schizophrenia, while only 5 (6%) students had a negative attitude. Gender and year of study were significant predictors in determining attitudes. Female respondents had more positive attitudes about schizophrenia patients compared to male respondents. Third-year students also showed a statistically significantly positive attitude towards patients with schizophrenia compared to students of lower years of nursing studies. Those students who have a higher level of knowledge about schizophrenia also have more positive attitudes about people with schizophrenia. In order to prevent stigma, constant education of nurses is needed and lifelong education in the nursing profession is needed so that nurses/technicians can provide quality health care to all patients. It is important to develop long-term psychoeducational programs through school curricula in order to reduce stigmatization, self-stigmatization and discrimination of patients.