The current research aims to identify the degree of encouraging thinking among the students of the University of Karbala, and the significance of the differences in this variable according to the gender of the students and their scientific specialization, and the researcher built a test for encouraging thinking according to the definition of "de Bono", and the researcher verified the standard characteristics of the tool, and the final application sample reached (442) students, by (241) students and (201) students from the University of Karbala, who were selected by the random stratified method, and after applying the research tool and analyzing the data statistically using the following statistical means: T-test for one sample, and bilateral variance analysis, the researcher reached the following results.

• The low degree of encouraging thinking among the students of the University of Karbala.
• There is no effect of the gender variable on the degree of encouraging thinking among students.
• There are statistically significant differences between the averages of the human and scientific departments

Based on these in encouraging thinking and in favor of the students of the scientific departments findings, the researcher made a set of recommendations and suggestions.