Historically, three modes of university are identified: confessional, state and private-secular (Perez and Hincapie, 2018). On this there is a long tradition of studies that inaugurate the so-called univer- sitology (Borrero, 2002). However, the emergence of another university in Europe is recognized: po- pular, and other universities in Latin America and Colombia: popular, indigenous, peasant and inter- cultural. These other universities arise as a response of the communities to various forms of control and hegemony (Althuser, 1998) of state and private ideological power. The existence of this other university drives a field of inquiry. This situated research (Alvarado and De Oto, 2017) includes in its first phase, the documentary review of studies on the university in three contextual fields: Europe, Latin America and Colombia, to identify in its analytical, its approaches. It is conclude among other things that, to explore these other universities: popular, peasant, indigenous, intercultural research, promotes an exercise of political-educational commitment.