Each university stage allows students to collect the contribution obtained from general studies. It allows to delve into concepts of historical understanding after graduating from living the experience of basic education. It works for exploration through the concepts of democracy citizenship and that can then be traced as direct experiences of part of the republican history and his university experience. In this sense, the historical conscience, as well as the reflection on the natural environment in which it develops institutionally from each space of participation in citizenship. For this reason, at present it does not constitute additional elements, but is an unavoidable part of citizen education. On the other hand, it is about knowing from political concepts, historical understanding as a contribution and research experience in general studies at the universities of Lima. Therefore, the present study focuses on comparing how the conceptions of citizenship education and democracy differ in the general studies of students in the universities of Lima. As a result, the analysis of data proposed for research is obtained from a qualitative perspective, from extracting the relevant meanings to the categories proposed