This text exposes part of the results of a survey of qualitative approach which aims to understand the role of the relationship between teaching and research in the representations about teaching quality of graduate courses. It involves nineteen teachers of the courses who are experienced researchers and work simultaneously in the stricto sensu post- graduate studies at a public University. It begins with a reflection on the concept of quality in higher education and on teaching with research. It highlights, among the evidence from the study: lack of clarity on this concept; lack of questioning about the training and the professional profile which develop or would like to develop; an almost inexistence of teaching with research in graduate courses, despite the expertise of the subjects in research. These aspects reflect the prevalence of a style of teaching and of an institutional culture which contribute to the permanence of the university pedagogy on invisibility and the installation procedure without negotiation, from the perspective of quality production.
Key words:
Quality of higher education; University teaching; Teaching with research