Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe nursing students' perception of well-dying and knowledge for Advanced Directives. Methods: Nursing students from one university were selected for the research and a survey was carried out during March and April, 2019. A total of 133 nursing students participated in this study. Data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, $x^2$ test with SPSS statistics 21.0. Results: According to the results, the mean score for perception of well dying was $3.00{\pm}0.31$, and knowledge for Advance Directives was $9.05{\pm}2.20$. Perception of well-dying was significantly different by grade group. Knowledge for Advance Directives was significantly different by pre-education experience. Conclusion: In order to improve the nursing students' knowledge for advanced directives, it is necessary to develop education program and provide them through the total school years.