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The development of the higher education in Paraguay begins in 1889, with the opening of the National College of Asunción. In the years of dictatorship the Paraguayan people could not study in the universities. Although in Paraguay, exist the law that support the university education, the separation among the different levels of the educational system difficult the admission to the college. There are 54 colleges in Paraguay (46 private and 8 public schools), there are 288 faculties that teach 1633 degree course. Although the education in Paraguay has been change since 1989 and the college accepts some students, the most college are private yet, the educational system in these universities is unsatisfactory, and the training of the students is deficient, because these universities are more interested in the income that in the teaching. Colleges either finance scientific projects. On the other hand the university is a way to reproduce the knowledge and not to produce knowledge for the development of the country. The college are lack of laboratories to the investigation. The university system needs a higher budget, most cooperation, a better system of admission; consolidate the technic course, more communication among the different universities and most cooperation with national and international institutions.