Introduction: Social skills may prevent burnout and enhance engagement in students by increasing social support and improving relationships with peers and teachers. Method: This study explores the interrelation between self-reported social skills and experienced burnout and engagement among 351 university students (70.5% women, 29.5% men) in different study fields. The Study Burnout Inventory (SBI-9), the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-Student (UWES-S) and a social skills questionnaire were utilised. The data was analysed using linear regression analysis. Results: The results show an association between higher social skills and lower burnout and higher engagement. Higher engagement was also associated to lower burnout. Discussion and Conclusion: The findings imply that targeting social skills might offer a way to increase engagement and diminish burnout among students.