OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the awareness of hyperlipidemia among university students and university staff members and to identify respondent variables that affect hyperlipidemia knowledge level  METHODS: A survey was conducted to evaluate the awareness of hyperlipidemia among university students and faculty members. A validated questionnaire was used to assess knowledge of factors that are responsible for hyperlipidemia, knowledge of food that was responsible for hyperlipidemia and the knowledge regarding hyperlipidemia medicine. Respondents variables were associated with their knowledge level and were evaluated through SPSS version 20. RESULTS: Of the 205 respondents, 91 (44.2%) were male and 114 (55.8%) were females with a mean age of 26.8 years (SD 0.6). One hundred and thirty (63.6%) of respondents were students whereas 75 (36.4%) respondents were university staff members. Almost half (49.5%) of respondents BMI was normal (18.5-22.5) followed by pre-obese (25.7%) and obese (12.1%). One hundred and forty three (69.4%) of respondents had adequate knowledge of factors responsible for hyperlipidemia, 190 (92.2%) had adequate knowledge of food responsible for hyperlipidemia, however only 7 (3.4%) respondents had adequate knowledge of hyperlipidemia medicine (HMG CoA reductase inhibitors). Respondent gender (p