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Abstract
Cognitive Style is a term used in cognitive psychology to describe the way individuals think, perceive and remember information or their preferred approach to using such information to solve problems. The current study aims to examine the difference in cognitive styles and academic qualification on the basis of the gender. Consequently a sample of 397 students from the 3rd semester students University of Kashmir and Central University of Kashmir. Cognitive Style Inventory Standardised by Praveen Kumar Jha was used to measure the cognitive styles. Correlational analysis showed that academic achievement is positively correlated with the cognitive styles, whereas t-test analysis demonstrated that there were no gender differences in cognitive style and academic qualification