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This study aims to determine the opinions of university students attending distance education during COVID-19 pandemic and the factors affecting their academic motivation during the process. The study group consists of 325 students studying in different departments of Afyon Kocatepe University in the 2019-2020 academic year. In this study, in which the descriptive survey model was used, the Personal Information Form, Distance Education Evaluation Survey in the COVID-19 Process and the Academic Motivation Survey in the COVID-19 Process developed by the researchers were used to collect data. Using the SPSS 21 package program, the data were analyzed and the frequency (f) and percentage (%) values of university students' views regarding each questionnaire item were calculated. The findings were examined under these categories: (i) students' views on distance education, (ii) factors affecting academic motivation, (iii) changes in working habits and (iv) activities carried out outside the classroom during distance education.