Higher education is passing through a process of conceptual and organizational transformation, promoting a new paradigm of academic education, able to respond to the needs of a dynamic society that is in continuous reformation. Arguments for the need for a strategic approach to the problem of abandoning university studies are also outlined from the perspective of the desired, imperatives and recommendations for higher education existing in the agendas and official documents of the European Union. University dropping is not a new problem, over time multiple researches have been carried out to identify and prevent school failure. With the passage of time and the appearance of new factors that contribute to this negative phenomenon among young people - the change in the educational-informative and formative vision, equal opportunities regarding education, the psycho-pedagogical support offered in universities - is necessary to involve all the factors that contribute to education university for stopping and possibly eradicating this phenomenon. Starting from the variety of reasons behind the decision to abandon studies, we can consider that reducing the dropout rate depends on a series of factors located at different institutional levels, government, universities, faculties, departments, but also at the level of teaching staff. In the present research, carried out within the State University of Physical Education and Sports (SUPES), we aimed to identify the extent to which the phenomenon of university dropout manifests itself at SUPES, the factors that cause it and to formulate strategies to prevent and decrease student dropout.