Do creativity and university intertwine?

The development of creative potential is one of the goals of educational intervention in several contexts, including in higher education. The ability to innovate and critically analyse constitute essential aims at this teaching level. To what extent are these goals achieved? What are the specific concerns that higher education teachers should take into account in pursuing these goals? To answer these questions the creativity indices of 262 higher education students collected in 3 research studies were analysed. Based on the discussion of the results, some ideas are given as to how to stimulate the full development of the creative potential of university students.