Introduction: Professional profile involves the description of abilities, knowledge and skills that every professional has or should have for an efficient work performance.This entails activities that executive heads expect that workers are in charge as part of their professional development.Objective: To describe the perception of the professional profile of the physiotherapy graduate in a public university institution from the perspective of the direct heads.Methodology: Cross-sectional descriptive study with a sample of 25 direct heads of graduates of a public university, randomly selected from the database of graduates of the institution.The participants answered