IIndia’s, Emotional Intelligence has of recent been suggested as a critical factor in adjustment to life in general and to work and work performance in particular (Goleman, 1995; 1998).The present study aims to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and adjustment. For this purpose a randomly selected sample of 60 adolescent females (age group between 18-21 yrs) enrolled for different undergraduate programmes from Mumbai were selected. The study is a correlational one in which emotional intelligence stands as independent variable & adjustment as dependent variable. Emotional Intelligence Inventory by Dr. S.K.Mangal and Adjustment Inventory for College Students by Singh and Sinha were administered to the total sample.The scores were subjected to Pearson Product Moment Correlation and further Regression analysis was done using SPSS (version 19).The results obtained indicated significant relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Adjustment.