Introduction: Leadership is the process of influencing and directing others to be motivated to achieve a goal. Developing leadership in students is part of the authority of higher education institutions and this development program has taken place in almost all universities around the world. Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the development of student leadership behavior at the Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Syiah Kuala (FON- USK). Methods: This type of research is descriptive with a cross sectional study design. Data was collected in May 2018, with the sampling technique used was purposive sampling. The number of samples is 382 respondents. Data collection was carried out using a questionnaire developed by the researcher. Data were analyzed by calculating frequency, percentage. the mean (mean), and standard deviation. Results: The results showed that the student leadership behavior was in the good category as many as 360 respondents (94.2%). With a value of x = 39.68% and SD = 45.21. Conclusion: This means that the leadership behavior of FON-USK students is at the upper middle level (x ̅ /total skor: 39.6/52= 76.5%) and the data are heterogeneous. This leadership behavior is inseparable from the implementation of various learning methods that have been developed by universities that help students to be able to develop self-skills and have a good leadership spirit.