No cabe duda de que uno de los logros mas importantes de la mujer en el siglo XX ha sido el abandono del exclusivo ambito privado en el que se hallaba inmersa para incorporarse al sector de lo publico. Esta incorporacion al mundo de lo publico se refleja asimismo en el acceso de la mujer a la Universidad, cuya presencia se va haciendo cada vez mas fuerte, de manera que le permite su participacion activa en la llamada economia del conocimiento, ambito del que hasta entonces estaba excluida. Pero esta transformacion que se ha operado en la sociedad no resuelve todos los problemas, si bien el discurso de genero se ha introducido en todos los sectores, lo cierto es que existen importantes quiebras que ponen de manifiesto la necesidad de acometer una profunda reforma que transforme el concepto social de genero desde sus bases mas primarias. Teniendo en cuenta que en la sociedad del conocimiento ac- tual, el principal factor de progreso, tanto personal como social, es la formacion que adquiere el individuo, cobra una importancia fundamental la presencia de la mujer en la Universidad. Y actualmente es la Universidad publica la que permite en mayor medida igualar a hombres y mujeres en su trabajo y esfuerzo, proporcionando una igualdad de oportunidades desde un foro de progreso, creador de pensamiento, que abogue por un compromiso social en defensa de la igualdad y de los demas valores democraticos. There is no doubt that one of the most important outcomes of women in the 20 th century has been the renunciation of the sole private ambit in which the vast majority were to raise themselves to the public sphere. This incorporation to the public sphere is reflected likewise in the access of women to University, whose presence was getting stronger, so that they were allowed to participate actively in the so called economy of knowledge, an ambit in which they had been excluded until this moment. But this change in the society does not resolve all the problems, even though the discourse about gender has been introduced in every section, the truth is that important fissures which make clear that a needing for a deep reform which would transform the social concept of gender from its most primary bases exists. Taking into account that in the present society of knowledge the main element of personal as well as social progress is the training acquired by the individual, it is extremely important the presence of women in the University. Moreover, nowadays, it is the public University which allows to make equal to men and women in their works and efforts in a great extend, providing an equality in opportunities from a bar of progress, creating thought which plead for a social commitment in defence of equality and the other democratic values.