Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 4 7 2016 5 13 The Evolution of Academic Self-Efficacy and Academic Stress on the University Students in Mexico 556 562 EN Luis Fernando Hernández Jácquez Pedagogical University of Durango, Durango, Mexico EDUCATION2016478 10.12691/education-4-7-8 2015 11 30 2016 3 26 2016 5 11 This research deals around the variables of academic self-efficacy and academic stress arising from the problems presented by undergraduate students of a university in Mexico; it is regarding the perception of poor security experience to do their assignments. The results presented are the first stage of a quantitative study, no experimental and evolutionary groups (cohort), based on the self-efficacy theory of Albert Bandura. These results show that the students had an average level of perceived academic self-efficacy and a moderate level of academic stress, concluding that it was not possible to establish statistically significant correlation between the two variables.