Back ground: Cervical cancer is the most frequent form and leading cause of cancer mortalityrnamong Ethiopian women, because cancer is often at its advanced stage by the time patients seekrnhealth care services (1). Pap smear test provides an appropriate way for early detection andrnprevention if appropriately implemented. However, Pap smear and other cervical cancerrnscreening tests are under utilized by the legible women mostly because of lack of awareness onrnthe diseases and the screening tests (13).rnObjective: This study was aimed at assessing risky sexual behavior, knowledge on Cervicalrncancer and identifying predictors for Pap smear screening test among Addis Ababa universityrnHealth science college female students using the Health Belief Model .rnMethods: A cross sectional survey was carried out at Addis Ababa University Health SciencernCollege in June 2012 among 202 female students selected by simple random sampling technique.rnAfter the data was coded, entered and cleaned using EpiInfo; SPSS was used for analysis.rnAssociation between dependent and independent variables was tested by Cross tabulating thernvariables and Binary logistic regression test was performed to identify the major predictors ofrnPap smear uptake.rnResult: Out of 58(28.7%) sexually active respondents, 17(30%) had sex with multiple partnersrnand 46(79.31%) had never used condom while only 4(6.9%) use condom always during sexualrnintercourse. The knowledge level of most respondents concerning cervical cancer was identifiedrnto be low, in which 48(23.8%) and 12(5.9%) were with poor and excellent knowledgernrespectively. Year of study [xrnrespondents[xrnrn=64.907; p