The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of students of the University of Split towards mentally ill and their willingness to seek professional psychological assistance. In addition, we wanted to determine the relationship of attitudes towards mentally ill, sex. birthplace size and field of study with students’ willingness to seek professional psychological assistance. The study was conducted by paper-pencil method on 511 students of the University of Split. Of the total number of participants 180 students were male and 320 were female. Participants first answered several questions about socio-demographic characteristics, after which they filled the Scale of Attitudes Toward Mentally Ill and Inventory of Attitudes Toward Seeking Mental Health Services. Results of the study showed that students had positive attitudes towards mentally ill. Although negative opinions and negative feelings towards mentally ill were not present, most students did not feel comfortable or safe in the company of mentally ill. Furthermore, it was shown that students tended to seek assistance, were somewhat indifferent to the stigma and were psychologically relatively open. Greater tendency to seek assistance and greater psychological openness was shown in students with more positive attitudes towards the mentally ill, female students and students of social and medical studies. Greater indifference to stigma was shown in students with more positive attitudes towards the mentally ill and female students. Students’ birthplace size was not connected with their willingness to seek professional psychological assistance.