Currently, in various fields, the demonstration of soft skills by individuals is highly valued, which is why university training processes must aim to enhance these skills among students. In this regard, a cross-sectional analytical study was developed under a holistic approach, aiming to analyze the alignment between university teaching practices and the promotion of students' soft skills. A survey-type instrument was created to capture students' perceptions regarding this relationship. The validation process of the instrument, which was completed by 1,677 participants from various undergraduate programs at a university center in western Mexico, is presented. The content validity index obtained from expert judges was 0.837, while Cronbach's alpha was 0.907. Bartlett’s test of sphericity and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) measure of sampling adequacy were applied for exploratory facto...