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This study aimed at detecting the relationship between family upbringing and self-concept among the students of Educational Sciences Faculty at the University of Jordan. The study sample consisted of (250) students, (93) of them were males, and (157) were females. Who were registered for the second semester of the academic year 2008/2009. The researchers used two instruments; the first was designed to measure the family upbringing pattern, and the other to measure self-concept. The results showed no statistically significant relationship between self-concept and (fathers’ and mothers’) upbringing pattern for both males and females on the total degree of the scale. While there was a positive relationship between family self-concept and the fathers’ upbringing pattern for males, and there was no statistically significant relationship between father s’ upbringing and self concept with its ethical, social and physical dimensions. The results also showed a positive statistically significant relationship between social self concept and the fathers’ upbringing pattern for females. In addition to that there was no statistically significant relationship regarding the other dimensions of self concept. On the other hand the results showed no significant statistical relationship of the mothers’ upbringing pattern with the total, but it showed a statistically significant positive relationship at the level of significance (0.05) between self-concept and the mother’s upbringing pattern. Regarding the other self concept dimensions (ethical, social, personal and physical) there was no significant relationship between them and the mothers’ upbringing pattern. As for the mothers’ upbringing pattern and its relationship with the males, the results indicated no statistically significant relationship between the self concept and the mothers’ upbringing pattern on the total. While for the other dimensions a positive statistically significant relationship was found between the family self concept and the mothers’ upbringing pattern, but no statistically significant relationship with the other dimensions (ethical, social, personal and physical). Also no statistically significant relationship for females on the total was found too, however there was a positive relationship on the physical dimension, and no significant relation on the other dimensions. The study recommended raising parents’ awareness, about using new meaningful and advanced upbringing methods, through media, seminars and conferences, the study also recommended the universities designing a course that aims at providing proper upbringing methods as basic requirement in all universities’ disciplines and levels.