El objetivo de esta investigación es proponer un cuestionario para medir el nivel de conocimientos sobre finanzas personales en jóvenes universitarios estudiantes de carreras de ciencias económicas. Para realizar este estudio, se extrajo información de tesis, artículos y libros sobre las finanzas personales; en base a lo cual se elaboró una primera aproximación teórica. Se concluye que es necesario que los estudiantes universitarios comprendan la importancia de conocer sobre las finanzas personales, el ahorro y los presupuestos personales ya que son esenciales para tomar buenas decisiones aprovechando óptimamente sus recursos económicos

The objective of this research is to propose a questionnaire to measure the level of knowledge that university students of economics have about personal finances. To do the research, thesis, articles and books about topics related with personal finances have been used; based on which a first theoretical approach has been made. It is concluded that university students need to understand the importance to know about personal finances, saving and personal budgets, since they are essential to make good decisions taking ideal advantage of their economic resourses. Finally, it is necessary for university students to understand how important is to know personal finances, savings and budgets to make good decisions using their financial resources correctly