The objective of this study was to identify the motivations that lead pupils in the 6th year of secondary school in Kisangani to choose faculties and/or courses of study in higher and university education. We therefore estimated that the motivations behind the choice of faculties and/or courses of study by pupils finishing secondary school in Kisangani are essentially based on the possibility of finding a job at the end of their studies. To test this hypothesis, we administered a questionnaire to 100 sixth-grade students in secondary schools in the commune of Makiso, one of the six communes that make up the city of Kisangani. From the data collected, we proceeded to a frequency count, converted into a percentage. At the end of the analyses, we arrived at the results according to which the motivations which push these pupils to choose these faculties or branches of study are based on the aptitudes which they possess and acquired throughout their current secondary school sections. These results invalidate our hypothesis that the possibility of finding a job is the basis for our respondents’ choice of faculties or fields of study at ESU. Thus, educators need to focus on training so that students develop skills that will help them to pursue further studies.