This study addresses the question whether individuals perception of time is related to academic performance. Using a unique data set of 471 students, I explore if the time perspectives of students have an effect on academic performance, certainty about future career choices and future career aspiration levels. The results indicate a positive relation between future-positive oriented students and their academic performance and a negative relation between present-hedonistic and present-fatalistic oriented students and their academic performance. The results contribute to the understanding of how individual deep-level characteristics affect academic performance. Moreover, future-positive and future-negative oriented students have a relation to the individuals certainty regarding future career choices. Also, future-positive oriented as well as present-hedonistic oriented individuals influence the future career aspiration level.