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The present study aimed to investigate factors associated with academic achievement of foreign undergraduate students in Sudanese universities. A sample of 139 participants from selected countries of eastern Africa namely; Kenyan, Somali and Ethiopia was selected with non-probability sampling and the data collected through questionnaire were analysed through descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Demographic variables investigated in relation to academic achievement were age, gender and year of study. Other factors examined were institutional factors, instructional factors and learning habit of the student. Findings of the study revealed insignificance of gender in relation to academic achievement of students. However, analysis indicated statistical significance of age and year of study in addition to learning habit of the student. However, the study concluded insignificance of institutional and instructional factors in relation to academic achievement. The findings of this study have important implications for higher education institutions in Sudan in general and for the lecturers and instructors whom they are entrusted to enhance the academic performance of the students. Thus, the researcher has recommended at the end of the study some measures that can be taken into consideration in order to enhance the academic achievement of the undergraduate students and foreign students in particular.