Abstract: This study aimed to determine the marker of what grammatical cohesion was in the background of the students’ thesis of  Padang State University. The research data was in the form of written data, namely paragraphs in the background of students' thesis at Padang State University. The results in this study showed 7 theses there were 263 used of grammatical cohesion. From the analysis of the data, the most dominant marker of grammatical cohesion was the reference marker of 142 data. There were 62 data substitution markers, 38 data ellipsis markers, and 21 conjunction markers. So, it could be concluded that the writing of the background of the students’ thesis at Padang State University had a marker of grammatical cohesion which made the paragraph intact and efficient.Keywords: markers, grammatical cohesion, scripts Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penanda kohesi gramatikal apa yang terdapat dalam latar belakang skripsi mahasiswa Uiversitas Negeri Padang. Data penelitian ini berupa data tertulis, yaitu paragraf dalam latar belakang skripsi mahasiswa Universitas Negeri Padang. Hasil dalam penelitian ini menunjukkan 7 skripsi terdapat 263 penggunaan kohesi gramatikal. Dari analisis data tersebut, penanda kohesi gramatikal yang paling dominan adalah penanda referensi sebanyak 142 data. Penanda subsitusi terdapat 62 data, penanda ellipsis sebanyak 38 data, dan penanda konjungsi terdapat 21 data. Jadi, dapat disimpulkan bahwa penulisan latar belakang skripsi mahasiswa Universitas Negeri Padang terdapat penanda kohesi gramatikal yang menjadikan paragraf tersebut utuh dan efisien.Kata kunci: penanda, kohesi gramatikal, skripsi