AIMS: Present students' opinions and experiences of distance learning during COVID-19 pandemic. TYPE OF STUDY: A cross-sectional survey was conducted. METHODS ISSUED: The participants included 70 second-year students of the University Graduate Study of Nursing, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, located in Sveta Nedelja. Data were collected by the Student Opinion Questionnaire on Distance Learning during COVID-19 pandemic, designed for the purposes of this paper. RESULTS: There were more female respondents (90 %), respondents in the age group over 30 (54,3 %), employed (92,9 %), single (70 %) and respondents who had recovered from COVID-19 (74, 3 %). For the majority of respondents, distance learning compared to the classic way of studying was less stressful, equally interesting and interactive, left more free time with the same amount of effort invested in learning, with easier communication and greater availability of lecturers, greater isolation from lecturers and colleagues, lower economic costs of studying, without additional material investments because the majority already owned high-quality IT equipment, without problems due to the lack of own IT knowledge and competences at the beginning and later, with the same quality of lectures and better quality of seminars, with better learning results shown through grades, perceiving the acquisition of equal knowledge and contributng to personal growth and development, felt greater satisfaction. Older respondents significantly more often perceived better availability of lecturers and worse quality of seminars. Participants who have overcome COVID-19 significantly found communication with lecturers much easiers, single people experienced significantly more isolation from lecturers and colleagues. Current problems related to the lack of own IT knowledge and competences were significantly more frequent among older students. CONCLUSION: Opinions and attitudes about distance learning were positive in the majority of participants. Most of them prefer distance learning and combined learning, but no one prefers classic face-to-face learning.