The dimensions of physical exercise, emotional intelligence and academic performance were studied by a sample of 784 university students in Xi′an through empirical research methods.The impact of physical exercise as the independent variable on learning performance with emotional intelligence as an intermediary variables were investigted. The results show that physical exercise has significant positive impact on students′ emotional quotient(EQ) and academic performance.Students′ EQ has significant positive impact on their academic performance and plays the partial mediating role between physical exercise and learning performance.

physical exercise; emotional quotient(EQ); learning performance; mediating effect