Socially Responsible University

Higher education is key to educating citizens with knowledge, values, ethics and social responsibility. Therefore, universities must be socially responsible, training professionals with integrity committed to the development of the country and social inclusion.The objective of this study was to analyze the practices of linking with the environment in six careers of the Universidad Santo Tomás (UST) Santiago, showing the University Social Responsibility (USR) in management, teaching, research and extension. A literature review on USR and semi-structured interviews were conducted with six participants from the selected careers.The results show that there are linkage practices organized into curricular and extracurricular. The latter allow students to interact with the community, advised by the Learning and Service (LS) area, and each career develops specific activities according to its academic focus.