Objective. To identify learning styles in university students from three instruments: CHEA, KOLB and VARK, from the descriptive review of literature. Methods. A search was made through virtual libraries: EBSCOhost, SciELO and ScienceDirect. The keywords were: learning styles, university students, learning and their combinations. Articles whose measuring instruments were the CHAEA questionnaire, the KOLB inventory and the VARK questionnaire were collected, resulting in 20 original articles in Spanish. Results. Regarding the use of the CHAEA questionnaire, the students of health sciences presented a predominance for the style of reflexive learning. In relation to the KOLB inventory, the predominant style in medical students was the convergent, so also, it was appreciated that the female gender has an inclination for the divergent style. Regarding the use of the VARK questionnaire, most soc...