Objective To explore the relationships among academic achievement, future time perspective and learning engagement in undergraduate nursing students. MethodsA total of 345 undergraduate nursing students were investigated by using a self designed demographic questionnaire, the College Student Learning Engagement Scale, the College Student Academic Achievement Scale and the General Future Time Perspective Questionnaire. ResultsThe sample scored 74.13±16.27 on learning engagement, 57.73±9.46 on future time perspective, and 65.00±9.36 on academic achievement.Learning engagement partially mediated the relationship between future time perspective and academic achievement,accounting for 57.71% of the total effects. ConclusionThe academic achievement of undergraduate nursing students is at moderate to high level.Learning engagement plays a partial mediating role between future time perspective and academic achievement of undergraduate nursing students. Educators can instruct students to engage in learning, set up goals for the future, and learn actively, resulting in improving their academic achievement.