The paper characterizes the didactic strategies used by teachers of the National University of Education in the teaching of scientific research. A descriptive, non-experimental investigation was conducted and a 24-item questionnaire was applied to students. The results show that the strategy most used by teachers in the teaching of research is the master class and the least used is guided research. It was also evidenced that the majority of students, state that the methodological strategies in the teaching of scientific research by university professors are inadequate.