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In light of this, we conducted a study to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of breast cancer screening among female university students. <jats:italic>Method<\/jats:italic>. We conducted an institutional cross\u2010sectional study involving 361 randomly sampled female university students. Data collection was done using a pretested, self\u2010administered questionnaire. We utilized descriptive statistics to describe the prevalence and burden of breast cancer screening among the participants. <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. Our study revealed good knowledge regarding breast cancer screening among female university students, yet 82.8% had a negative attitude about the disease. More than three\u2010quarters (76.6%) of the respondents had never practiced any form of breast cancer screening. Notably, there was a significant association between knowledge of breast cancer screening and attitude (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.027), and factors such as level of study (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.041), ethnicity (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.026), parity (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.018), and faculty of study (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = &lt;0.001) influenced the participants\u2019 knowledge. <jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. It is crucial to implement comprehensive awareness campaigns to address the negative attitude and poor screening practices among female university students regarding breast cancer. 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