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Stress exists in everyday life and is caused by various factors. The trend in studying stress includes factors originated from the individual internal environment and in response to the external environment. (Hussien and Hussien, 2006).Stress related factors have been grouped by researchers as environmental factors, personal factors, academic factors and others. The purpose of the present study is to find out important influencers for stress for undergraduate students. For the present study, Review of literature and group discussions were undertaken to find out various stressors. Further study attempts to determine the validity of selected factors which cause stress for undergraduate students from the city of Surat. Semi-structured Questionnaire was developed to collect primary data. The sample consisted of 97 respondents who are undergraduate students from the Surat city. The collected data was analyzed and interpreted by applying factor analysis. The study attempts to identify valid and reliable influences accountable for stress for undergraduate students of first year from arts and commerce stream.