The demands of professional, scientific, and academic life have made it necessary to identify the various difficulties faced by postgraduate female students, which lead to problems that hinder their achievement of the required goals. This necessitates directing efforts toward finding solutions to confront and solve problems through appropriate cognitive behavior. Therefore, this study aimed to identify information processing styles and problem-solving and their relationship with metamotivation and perceived control among postgraduate female students (PhD/Master's). To achieve this aim, the descriptive approach using the survey method was adopted due to its suitability to the nature of the research problem. The population was defined as postgraduate female students (PhD and Master's) for the academic year 2023–2024 at the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences for Women, numbering (43 students): (20 PhD) and (23 Master's). Data were analyzed using (SPSS), Pearson correlation coefficient, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, arithmetic means, and standard deviations for statistical data processing. The findings revealed that postgraduate female students possess the abilities in (information processing styles / problem solving / metamotivation / perceived control). Accordingly, the study recommends the necessity of paying attention to providing course materials that stimulate postgraduate students' desire to use multiple methods appropriate to information processing styles, problem solving, metamotivation, and perceived control, for the purpose of developing and improving their academic performance, and this achieves one of the sustainable development goals of the United Nations in Iraq which is (Good Health).
