Migraine is an important health problem that affects more than 10% of the general population [
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3]. There are various prevalence rates of migraine type headaches. The variety of prevalence in different studies depends on the method used to diagnose migraine-type headaches. In the first nationwide cross-sectional study, the headache profile of Turkey has been revealed and the life-time migraine prevalence of migraine type headaches was reported to be 16%, which was 10.9% in men and 21.8% in women [
4]. There are few studies focused on the prevalence of migraine in university students in Turkey [
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7]. Due to its negative effects on quality of life, it becomes especially considerable among university students, who require constant concentration and performance [
8,
9]. Headaches have a profound impact on school performance among university students. This impact is more evident among migrainous students than students with episodic tension-type headaches (ETTH) with a 62.7% decrease in capacity versus 24.4% respectively. Moreover, students with migraine type headaches missed more school than students with ETTH [
8]. These findings reveal the importance of migraine headaches in university students. To be able to determine the prevalence, useful, reliable and validated screening tests must be applied to such large populations. Identity Migraine (ID Migraine™) test is a proper and useful screening tool, developed and validated by Lipton et al. [
10,
11], which can be applied quickly to large numbers of populations. Sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value of this test in primary care have been defined as 81%, 75% and 93%, respectively [
11]. The validation of ID Migraine™ test in Turkish has been made by Karli with a sensitivity of 91.8%, specificity of 63.4%, positive predictive value of 71.9% and a negative predictive value of 88.4% [
12]. As World Health Organization (WHO) defines adolescence as young people between the ages of 10 and 19 years, university population consists of both adolescents and adults. The test is also validated to be used among adolescent students with a sensitivity of 62.1% and specificity of 71.1% [
13]. In this study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of migraine headaches among university students using the quick screening tool ID Migraine™ test.