The tendency of speaking anxiety is the condition of individuals who are uncomfortable and feel anxious so that they cannot compose messages when facing situations in public. However, the fact is that students often experience anxiety about speaking in public. One of the factors a person experiences anxiety when speaking in public is a person's self-confidence and abilities because it is closely related to a person's self-concept. The purpose of this study was to find out whether there is a relationship between self-concept and public speaking anxiety among students at Merdeka University Malang. The study population consisted of 12,104 students at Merdeka University Malang, using a purposive sampling technique with a sample of 270 students. The research instrument used a self-concept scale and a tendency scale of public speaking anxiety with a Likert scale model. Based on the results of hypothesis testing, indicates that self concept has a significant negative relationship with the tendency of anxiety to speak in public. The higher the self-concept, the lower the tendency of public speaking anxiety among students at the Merdeka University of Malang. Conversely, the lower the self-concept, the higher the tendency of public speaking anxiety among students at the Merdeka University of Malang.