The “Time and living conditions of students” approach was the subject of a major survey conducted in 2018 by the University of Poitiers and the Leonardo da Vinci Confederal University (COMUE, bringing together the University of Poitiers, the University of Limoges and other educational institutions).Since 2000, profound transformations in how higher education and research are organised in France have significantly altered university staff and students’ relationship to time, including time for work, studies and university life. It therefore became essential to measure how students at the University of Poitiers organised their time and, in particular, how they balanced time for learning and time for other activities, academic or not, as this determines their success throughout their time at university.