Having an educated population is a prerequisite for developing a nation. By educating the population, we mean providing educational opportunities for both males and females to make sure that they both develop their country by competent and skilled performance. More and more female students are enrolled in the AAU every year. Their participation and success is affected by many factors. One of which is sexual harassment that is directed towards them by different actors i.e. male students, male teachers and male administrative staff mostly. Female students, administrative staff and teachers are also perpetrators although this study did not concentrate on it.rnThe objective of this paper was to find out the effects of sexual harassment on the educational development of female students and the universityâ€™s response towards such acts. The writer used quantitative research method specifically survey questionnaire to address the research questions. All the female students of two randomly selected departments (Philosophy and Sociology) and randomly selectedrnmale students of the same departments participated. The secondary data was obtained from books, published and unpublished internet sources and journals The research reveals that it is the perception of the students of the departments that male students are mostly the perpetrators of sexual harassment, it also reveals that the most frequent sexual harassment that female students face is verbal abuse (insult), that most of the sexual harassment cases are not reported to the relevant authorities and most reported cases may not be properly attended to by the appropriate bodies. Some recommendations are suggested to solve the problem