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This study aimed at identifying levels of the need for cognition and metacognitive thinking among Yarmouk university students. For the purpose of the study, a sample of 701 students was chosen randomly from the undergraduate program in the academic year 2009/2010. Two scales were used to measure the need for cognition and metacognitive thinking levels. The results of the study revealed that the level of the need for cognition among the sample of the study was moderate, and that the level of metacognitive thinking was high. The results also indicated a positive statistically significant relationship between the need for cognition and metacognitive thinking, although that relationship did not differ according to the variables of sex, field, or the academic level. Based on these results, the researchers recommended that students’ levels of metacognitive thinking and their need for cognition be developed.