The reference to an investigative tradition of a recent professional training program such as Social Work at the Rafael Nunez Campus Barranquilla University Corporation has the purpose of showing what has been developed with respect to the investigative component in the institution. It starts from the fundamental thesis of considering this process as one of the basic functions that support the structure on which the institution is built. The investigative tradition alluded to in the Barranquilla Campus Social Work Program, finds reference in the fundamental aspects that constitute the pillars of the process that begins with the implementation of a culture on the importance of research.