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Personality is not merely a collection of individual traits or disconnected behaviors but is structured, organized, and integrated. Behavioral indicators of that structure may vary, yet, according to the situational framework because behavior is a function of the interface of personality and situational factors. There is a developmental feature to personality that occurs over time out of a matrix of biological and social influences. Goleman (1995), a proponent of EI, notes that "Emotional intelligence consists of abilities such as being able to motivate oneself and persist in the face of frustrations; to control impulse and delay gratification; to regulate one's moods and keep distress from swamping the ability to think; to empathize and to hope." Emotional intelligence (EI) is a significant indicator of future achievement in every walk of life, as well as academic achievement and career success (Saarni, 1999; Goleman, 1995; Li, Wang & Li, 2012; Bar-On, 2002). The purpose of the present study was to understand which of the personality dimensions (extroversion/neuroticism) has a significant relationship with Emotional Intelligence. The total sample consisted of 110 first-year International Medical students from academic years 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 (Male-37/F-74). All participant students were asked to complete the Emotional Intelligence Scale developed by Dr. S. K. Mangal and Mrs. Shubhra Mangal and Eysenck Personality Inventory (Form-B). Statistical analysis of the data involved inferential statistics, including means, standard deviations, t-test, and Pearson's correlation coefficients. The results show that Emotional Intelligence will possibly predict extroversion positively and neuroticism negatively, the dimensions of personality, respectively. Relationships of the two hypotheses could be explained by "affect regulation," "tendency to have positive experiences," and "tendency to have negative experiences."