Introduction: The term "disguised unemployment on campus" is derived from economics and which means that students are wasting a lot of their time in university. The primary purpose of this article is to investigate the status of hidden unemployment among humanities students.

Method: In this study, the lived experience of professors and undergraduate students of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in the field of Humanities concerning disguised unemployment and its related causes investigated using unstructured interviews and phenomenological methods.

Results: The findings of the study showed that disguised unemployment on campus among the students of humanities. The most significant reasons are; Lack of academic motivation, lack of job opportunities in the future, easy-going professors, too much student acceptance, and not applicable lessons in this field.

Conclusion: The university must reconsider the acceptance of students in the humanities, quality of teaching methods, as well as acceptance members of capable professors in these disciplines.