Universal Journal of Educational Research 9(3): 579-585, 2021 http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2021.090317 Impact of Internet Usage on the Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students in Karachi Sarwat Jahan 1,* , Sidra Abid Ali 2 , Tajwar Hussaini 3 1 Faculty of Business and Accountancy, Lincoln University College, Main Campus, Wisma Lincoln, Selangor, Darul Ehsan, Malaysia 2 School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Main Campus Penang, Malaysia 3 UK College of Business & Computing, United Arab Emirates Received August 13, 2020; Revised November 5, 2020; Accepted March 17, 2021 Cite This Paper in the following Citation Styles (a): [1] Sarwat Jahan, Sidra Abid Ali, Tajwar Hussaini , "Impact of Internet Usage on the Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students in Karachi," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 579 - 585, 2021. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2021.090317. (b): Sarwat Jahan, Sidra Abid Ali, Tajwar Hussaini (2021). Impact of Internet Usage on the Academic Performance of Undergraduate Students in Karachi. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 9(3), 579 - 585. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2021.090317. Copyright©2021 by authors, all rights reserved. Authors agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License Abstract The purpose of mentioned study is to observe the impact of internet usage on the academic performance of undergraduate students in different universities of Karachi. Though study on appearance reflects the entire Pakistan but for convenience, it is limited only to the Karachi City for data collection. The accessible population is the university students of Karachi city only. The research is conducted by adopting descriptive survey method, and convenience sampling technique was used in order to collect data from the respondents on 5-point Likert Scale. The primary data were collected by researchers’ designed questionnaire while secondary data were collected via different journals. T-test and ANOVA were used for the purpose of data analysis. The findings of this exploration revealed that the usage of internet among the undergraduate students is helpful in enhancing their academic performance, and it also showed that male students are more inclined towards using internet as compared to female students. The result of this investigation can be opted by the other higher education institutes and universities in Pakistan. It is recommended that university and institute supervisors must provide proper guidance to the students regarding the appropriate use of the internet so that students can enhance their performance positively. Keywords Internet Usage, Academic Performance, Synchronous Application, E-Learning, Undergraduate Students 1. Introduction Technology is playing a vital role in this time of globalization; it is absolutely true to say that the internet is regarded as one of the driving factors behind globalization, which helped in infringement of cultural obstacles. In recent era, the implementation of technology is changing the working practices in all sectors of the economy. The usage of internet has become the essential part of both developing and developed economies, individuals are using it for their education, leisure and social interaction [1]. Internet is creating direct influence on the educational activities of the students as now they are taking assistance of different educational software for the purpose of improving their educational information [2]. The impact of new technological changes is also bringing some positive aspects in the educational sector as well, by adopting new and innovative ways of teaching, both the students and faculty are able to enhance their educational skills. Educational sector of Pakistan is putting a lot much emphasis regarding encouraging students for the usage of internet, the internet is playing a role of an essential tool for facilitating the universities in Karachi. In the beginning, internet was only used as a tool of communication, but with the passage of time, it has become a tool of interaction, education and many other