Today, the need university education for management professionals has to incorporate competences that prepare students to face the social and organizational dynamics in which they will be involved is gathering force. Based on this, a correlational study was conducted with the aim of describ291 Recibido: 06-09-11. Aceptado: 02-04-12 * Lic. Educacion. Magister en Psicologia. Estudiante del Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades. Universidad Simon Bolivar (USB). Profesora del Departamento de Formacion General y Ciencias Basicas, Universidad Simon Bolivar. e-mail: emilseaponte@usb.ve. ing dimensions of the generic competence “time management” in university administration students enrolled in their final years of study. Of the 278 students participating, 173 (62.2%) were female and 105 (37.8%) male. The Time Management Behavior Questionnaire (TMBQ-1990) was applied. 84.76% said they received no information about time management and are correlated (r = 129, p =, 005) with the preference for disorganization dimension. Statistically significant differences were found between women and men, only in the management tools dimension (Mean Difference = –,195, p <001), where women had higher scores. Conclusions are that students have acceptable scores in terms of time management; nevertheless, training efforts should be increased for this and other generic competences for future professionals.