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Background: Numerous studies have examined emotional intelligence and academic performance. But there is a research gap in examining the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic performance of graduate students. Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic performance of graduate students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Method: The present study was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of all graduate students of Tabriz Medical School was 380 in 2018. 191 students (149 postgraduate students and 42 doctoral students) were selected by proportional stratified sampling method. The research instruments were Schering (1996) standard emotional intelligence questionnaire and grade point average as academic performance. Data analysis was performed using multiple regression analysis. Results: The value of multiple correlation between emotional intelligence and its components with academic performance was 0.74 and the coefficient of determination was 0.54, which shows that 54% of changes in academic performance by emotional intelligence and components. Its features can be explained. Conclusions: There was a direct relationship between emotional intelligence and students' academic performance and between the components of emotional intelligence and academic performance.