Research aim: To evaluate the level of knowledge of third year undergraduate nursing school and third year of Faculty of Economics about the tick as a carrier of contagious diseases and also to determine if there is any difference in knowledge according to gender, high school education and type of studies. The draft of the study: The study was conducted as a cross-sectional. Respondents and methods: 125 respondents were included in this research out of which 64 were students of third year nursing school and 61 of them were students of the Faculty of Economics. The respondents are of both genders between the ages of 21 and 42. Most of them are unemployed. According to high school education, most of the respondents are grammar school graduates, mostly students attending the Faculty of Economics, while most of the students in nursing school attended medical secondary school. A questionnaire consisting of two open type questions, five closed type questions and with twenty two statements to which it was possible to circle yes, no or I do not know, was used. Results: There is no significant difference in the level of knowledge according to gender. Students that finished medical secondary school had more knowledge of the issues in question than students that finished grammar, economics or trade school. Students of nursing school have shown more awareness and knowledge of the matter than students of the Faculty of Economics. Conclusion: There is a difference in the level of knowledge among students about the tick as a carrier of contagious diseases in accordance with high school education and type of study while there is no difference in relation to gender.