In the current context, despite the pandemic, different activities continue to be carried out in the public sphere, regardless of not knowing exactly when it would end and what its consequences would be. In particular, in the higher education sector, in which the institutional management of the publicuniversity is not adequate, the inefficiency of internal governance and social relevance do not comply with social responsibility, having a negative impact on both the students as well as in society. The objective was to analyze the elements of internal university governance and the social relevance of a national universityin Lima, Peru in 2020. The methodology was the qualitative method, of an exploratory and interpretive nature and hermeneutical design. The techniques used were open, semistructured interviews, analysis of specializedbibliography and validation of the questions by expert ju...