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The aim of this study is to understand the features that shape the hegemonic university model promoted in the discourse of three International Organisations: the World Bank, the OECD, and UNESCO. The analysis is framed within a critical approach that brings together the theory of academic capitalism, Foucault’s notions of biopolitics and governmentality, and Gramsci’s concept of hegemony. Methodologically, a qualitative documentary analysis was conducted on 893 official documents, using a two-level strategy: thematic and content-based. The analysis was structured around three core dimensions: (1) the development of the university, (2) the relationship between the state, the university and society, and (3) the functions of the university. The findings reveal that these organisations promote a university model aligned with the logics of academic capitalism. This model operates as a regime of truth that subordinates universities to global market dynamics, reproduces structural inequalities, and restricts the emancipatory potential of higher education.
