Background: One of the most essential needs of every human being is happiness and moral intelligence is related to emotions and intellect. And moral behaviours depend on integrated emotions, intuition, and reasoning. In addition to the task of transferring knowledge and skills, promoting ethical values is also one of the important tasks of the university, therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between moral intelligence and happiness in rehabilitation students of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Materials & Methods: In this descriptive study, 120 undergraduate students in the fields of speech therapy (n =41), physiotherapy (n =40) and optometry (n =39) were included by random sampling and completed Oxford Happiness Inventory and Moral Intelligence Questionnaire. Data were analysed using Pearson, independent t-test and ANOVA with SPSS21. Results: The mean score of moral intelligence was 52.65±7.85 and the mean score of happiness was 51.77±12.41. There was a significant weak relationship between moral intelligence and happiness of students (r = 0.41, p≤0.001). There was a statistically significant difference in moral intelligence score according to marriage (p<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the scores of moral intelligence and happiness in terms of other demographic variables. Conclusion: Moral intelligence of rehabilitation students of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences was at a low level and their happiness was above average. The two concepts of moral intelligence and happiness in these students were not related to each other. These findings can be considered in education, research and management. Keywords: Morals|intelligence|happiness|students|rehabilitation ,

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