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Background: Nursing students are facing a series of challenges progressively in the clinical practice as well as in education system. Clinical and educational learning environment not only influences the educational goals, but also effect career choices of nursing students. This study aims to know how much the nursing student's perceived challenges in practical and theoretical aspects. Objectives: To assess the level of challenges perceived by nursing students in practical and theoretical aspects among nursing students at selected nursing institutions, Salem district and to associate the level of challenges perceived by nursing students in theoretical and practical aspects among nursing students with their selected demographic variables. Methodology: A quantitative approach - Non Experimental, descriptive research design was used in this study. The sample consists of 105 nursing students, selected by consecutive sampling technique. Result: Majority of the nursing students 93(89%) were perceiving less challenges and 12(11%) were perceiving more challenges in practical and theoretical aspects.. Conclusion: This study concluded that most of the Nursing students were perceiving less challenges and the challenges perceived by the nursing students in practical and theoretical aspects is associated with their demographic variables i.e Present academic year and not sought counseling to overcome challenges