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The studies considered in this review of recent research on the relationship between empathy, self-efficacy and academic achievement can be divided into two stages: (1) studies in which the focus was related to the association between empathy and academic achievement, (2) studies in which the focus was related to the association between self-efficacy and academic achievement. This paper incorporates forty- two studies pertinent to the association between empathy, self- efficacy and academic achievement. Out of forty-two research studies, nine of them are from India and thirty-three are from abroad. A critical analysis of the studies reviewed has been presented as well taking into account four dimensions i.e. variables, design, participants and findings. From the studies reviewed, it was found that the recent existing literature offers a mixed result on the relationship between empathy, self-efficacy and academic achievement. Some studies depicted a significant relationship among the variables and some did not. There is a lack of consistent result on the relationship between these variables. It is argued that, in future research, more attention needs to be paid to understand the relationship between these variables.