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The spread of covid19 has affected human behavior, habits and attitudes. The field of education could not remain unaffected by this crisis as it has changed from face-to-face learning to distance learning.

The Kingdom of Morocco established and declared a state of health emergency in order to deal with    the pandemic which led to the cessation of face-to-face courses. The Moroccan universities rushed to set up a distance learning system to ensure the continuity of education for all courses. Mohammed V University in Rabat uploaded more than 600 courses online in just a few days after the suspension of face-to- face classes. It later on deployed several interaction platforms to allow instant communication with students.

Distance learning has been maintained for the start of the 2020/2021 academic year in all Moroccan universities. The purpose of this article is to study the perception of Mohamed V  University students to this mode of education. In this sense, a questionnaire was made available to students. It measures their degree of familiarization with computer tools, their attendance to courses and live sessions, their satisfaction with the teaching materials, among other things. The survey took place over a month. It concerned more particularly the students of the ULESS-Souissi. There were 850 responses. The study shows that 54.3% of the students surveyed declare an average degree of familiarization with computer tools while 83% of the students have followed the distance learning courses for the academic year 2020/2021. Students who have taken practical or tutorial sessions represent more than 60%. More than 50% of students use their smartphones. Moreover, 40% of students are not at all adapted to distance learning for the year 2020/2021.