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This study attempted to examine the level of foreign students’ knowledge, attitude, and preventive behavior toward tuberculosis, and examine relationship between each variable. The results of study are as follows. First, 5.5% of participants have been infected with tuberculosis. In case of 23.7% of these participants, there were persons infected with tuberculosis around them. 59.6% of participants received a health education relating to tuberculosis Second, 44.9% of participants answered correctly regarding the knowledge about tuberculosis in total; 35.1% of them answered correctly regarding the knowledge relating to the symptoms of tuberculosis, and the percentage was the lowest. It was shown that a score in attitude towards tuberculosis was 56.99±6.933 on a scale of 75, and a score in preventive behavior towards tuberculosis was an average of 59.61±7.634 on a scale of 75. Third, in an analysis of Pearson's correlation among knowledge about tuberculosis, attitude towards tuberculosis, and preventive behavior towards tuberculosis, it was verified that there was a positive correlation . An attitude towards tuberculosis had a positive mediating effect in the relationship regarding the effect of total score in knowledge towards tuberculosis (p<.05). The above results suggest that the tuberculosis management for a growing number of foreign students is urgent, and a health education program that can change the perception and attitude toward tuberculosis needs to be developed.