Objective —to analyze the food and energy value of average daily dietary intake of the students of the Artsakh State University (ASU) and to reveal the rationality and balance of nutrition and an inconsistency between their actual dietary intake and physiological consumption rates. The relevance of this problem in Nagorno-Karabakh is primarily due to the fact that the investigation of this area has been conducted by nobody and is being pursued for the first time. The investigation was performed at the ASU. Actual nutrition was investigated from menu production records by a questionnaire survey method. The average daily dietary intake of nutrients was calculated from food composition tables; food and energy values were determined by conventional methods. The findings were statistically proposed by Student’s test and compared with the calculated physiological nutrient and energy needs in different groups of students. The paper analyzes the food and energy value of average daily dietary intake of full-time first-to-fourth-year ASU students of both sexes. The investigations indicated that the nutrition of the students generally covered their daily energy intake, amounting to 2831.0±5.9 kcal in boys and 2644.0±4.0 kcal in girls; however, the dietary pattern was impaired and daily diets were unbalanced in terms of protein, fat, and carbohydrate intake. The dietary pattern of the students was characterized by the irrational distribution of daily food intake: high-calorie meals for supper (36.3—38.0% of total caloric intake) and low-calorie meals for breakfast (16.4—18%). Their eating pattern exhibited the reduced intake of protein (by 3.8 and 5.3% in boys and girls, respectively) and fat (by 3.7 and 1.8%). An imbalance of essential nutrients in the students’ daily diets is suggested by the obtained protein, fat, and carbohydrate ratio of 1:1.5:4.5 (11.2, 37.5, and 51.3% in percentage of calorie content) in the boys and 1:1.7:5.5 (9.7, 37.1, and 53.2%) in the girls whereas the recommended ratio was 1:1:4 (15, 30, and 55%). The findings may lead to the conclusion that the students’ dietary intake should be qualitatively and quantitatively corrected.