Soft drink consumption has become a highly visible and controversial public health and public policy issue. Soft drinks are viewed by many as a major contributor to obesity and related health problems. Descriptive cross-sectional institutional study conducted to assess consumption pattern of soft drink and their effect on the health of students studying in Sudan International University at Al-Azhary area in Khartoum state during the period from 20/2/2018 to 12/3/2019, 318 of students were participated in this study selected by systematic random sampling; data was collected by self-administrated questionnaire The results revealed that 95.6% of the students consumed soft drinks .32.7% preferred to drink Pepsi from the other types of soft drinks, 34.9% consumed soft drinks after meal, 22.4% consumed <500ml/day, (38.8%) of the students did not read the ingredient labeled in soft drink, (73%) of students preferred the regular soft drinks rather than diet ones and 44.7% of the students selected their favorite soft drink according to their taste. Common health effects of soft drinks among the students were dental Health problems and Obesity (17.6%), Significant relationship was found between the amount of soft drink and health problems that found among the students P= (0.034). The study concluded that students were not fully aware by the health hazards and harmful effect of soft drinks and need nutrition and health education to change their behavior towards soft drinks.