Objetive: To determine if the use of learning strategies and motivation influence the level of research skills in postgraduate students in dentistry of the Universidad de San Martín de Porres. Materials and Methods: 130 students were surveyed with a non-response rate of 16.07% which belong to the programs of masters and specialities, which were randomly selected. We used two questionnaires 1) learning strategies and motivation and 2) questionnaire to evaluate the rsearch skills which was previously validated. Results: Descriptive analysis of the data, Chi2 and ANOVA was carried out to evaluate the association between the variables and the ratio of prevalence with the linear regression test of Poison. An association was found regarding the variables study time, previous scientific work, membership of a scientific association and antecedets of research and methods of study courses Chi2 (p...