Abstract: In order to find out about the on-campus leisure time of the contemporary university students, thus to get a clear picture for improving the actual effect of college students’ leisure education, an investigation is carried out among the full-time undergraduates in a comprehensive university in Nanjing by means of questionnaire and individual interview. The findings are as follows: Contemporary undergraduate students have plenty of leisure time, yet few of them are strong in term of their time management ability; in terms of the types of leisure activities the recreational activities dominate over other activities, indicating that a balanced type of activities is needed; the low self-experience satisfaction shows that the situation is in dire need of improvement. A cause Analysis tells us that: factors like the personal concept of leisure, leisure skills, all exert a great effect upon the leisure life quality; and on the other hand, companions, family, society, colleges and universities as well all have a part in leisure education. Only through joint efforts from different parts of the society can the further and in-depth development of leisure education in college students be expected.