Student burnout can lead to poor academic performance especially in mathematics and with mathematics scores falling globally, academic burnout can become a key factor. The aim of this research is to discuss the perception of students' motivation and causes of burnout in learning mathematics and how they influence motivation. This study was conducted quantitatively as a case study towards 152 students consisting of Science and Engineering students at one university in Selangor, Malaysia. The data were collected by using a questionnaire. The questionnaire focuses on two parts, motivational and causes of burnout which are exhaustion and disengagement. The Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (always) was used. The result of this research indicates that students perceived a moderate level of exhaustion and disengagement in learning mathematics. Meanwhile, students perceived a high level of motivation with most of them agreeing that their aim is getting a good grade in mathematics. Aside from that, this research shows a moderate positive significant relationship between motivation and exhaustion while a weak positive significant relationship between motivation and disengagement.
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