This article considers problematic issues arising from the impact of academic workload on students' psychological health. The aim of the work is to investigate and evaluate the impact of academic load on students' psychological health using a diagnostic approach. Methods of research: literature analysis; diagnostics of students by Beck's depression self-assessment scale and V.A. Doskina of the well-being, activity and mood test; questionnaire survey among first and last students; statistical and analytical analysis. In the process of diagnostics, it was found that students demonstrate a moderate level of anxiety, often experience depressive states, and also have an insufficient level of general psychological health. The highest indicators of anxiety and depression are observed in the first-year students, while in the last year there is some improvement in these indicators and well-being. The results of the questionnaire survey confirm the existence of a connection between certain aspects of academic load and the state of students' psychological health. Complex diagnostics allows us to establish the influence of academic load on students' psychological health.