Abstract
We find ourselves in a stage where formal education is increasingly being criticized, we are urgently urged to generate other spaces where we can strengthen teaching and learning in university students, having greater practical impact. The research work is an opportunity to question whether the Higher Education Institution, from the experience of the Autonomous University of Nayarit (UAN), Mexico, is addressing the generation of scenarios where the comprehensive and interdisciplinary education of and in students is strengthened. Therefore, the following lines show the first stage of the research macro-project based on the importance of generating non-formal training scenarios that strengthen comprehensive and interdisciplinary training in UAN students, allowing them to propose social and educational projects, implementing teaching and learning strategies to develop soft skills and knowledge for life. Key words include educational modalities, non-formal education, educational projects, interdisciplinary and inter-institutional. This experience, which emerged from the Mentors Program at the University of Guanajuato and the link between it and the Autonomous University of Nayarit, is valued. Eighteen editions have been held from 2015 to 2024, and two are about to be completed in 2025. University students, teachers, children from upper primary to secondary school, as well as parents and guardians from the states of Guanajuato and Nayarit have participated. The work will be formulated with a qualitative action research approach of narrative and experiential design.