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This study was carried out to assess the prevalence of human intestinal helminth parasites among
undergraduate students residing in the campus hostels of The Federal University of Technology
Akure, Nigeria. A total 200 subjects’ faecal samples were collected randomly from male and female
hostel students. Faecal analysis was carried out using formol-ether concentration technique examine
stool samples for the presence of ova, larvae and adult forms of human intestinal helminth parasites.
Of the 200 students stool samples examined, 96 persons (48.00%) were found infected with
helminthiasis. The overall gender related prevalence of intestinal helminthiasis was observed to be
high (53.0%) in female students than in male students (43.0%). In male and females, prevalence was
high (40.0%) among students within the age group 23-26 years old than students in age group 14-18
years old with 8.0% prevalence. Sex-based prevalence of human intestinal helminth parasites among
the subjects was not significantly different (   0.05. The parasite species identified and their
respective prevalence were Ascaris lumbricoides (22.5%), Trichuris trichura (11.5%), Hook worm
(7.0%), Strongyloides stercoralis (5.0%) and Taenia species (2.0%). This study revealed high
prevalence of intestinal helminth parasites among the students residing in the university hostels.
Key words: Intestinal, Helminthtiasis, Undergraduate, Students, Prevalence.