This paper argues in favor of an essential articulation between teaching, research and extension activities, based on the social-historical context that the Brazilian University is going through at the moment. It defends the idea of the indivisibility of these three functions, conceiving it as an intrinsic requirement for the constitution of a university that is truly useful for the Brazilian society in this new, different and challenging historical moment that it is going through. A university that is committed to the production of knowledge, through the practice of research, will be able to successfully develop its pedagogical role in teaching as well as its social task of extension, becoming an energetic center of social transformation, contributing to the construction of democracy and citizenship, through the consolidation of a new social conscience.
University; Knowledge; Research; Extension; Citizenship