Introduction:

The presence of Burnout syndrome in university teachers is evidence of burnout, emotional exhaustion, low personal fulfillment and therefore, decreased work performance, interference in educational quality, among other effects on the fulfillment of the objectives of the institutions.

Objective:

To evaluate the manifestations of the Burnout syndrome in university professors of technical and social careers of the Central University of Ecuador and Technical University of Cotopaxi, Ecuador.

Methods:

An intentional sampling was carried out to 56 teachers of technical and social careers from both universities, to whom the Maslach Burnout Inventory questionnaire was applied. For the analysis of results, descriptive statistics were applied with the calculation of means, frequencies and the Chi-square test; Inferential statistics with Spearman's correlation coefficient.

Results:

The presence of the syndrome was determined in 14.3% of the sample; being depersonalization the most affected dimension, influencing personal exhaustion and personal fulfillment. Depersonalization depended on the type of career in which the teachers work; while personal exhaustion depended on years of work, with a high influence on the rest of the dimensions and the presence of the syndrome.

Conclusions:

The research carried out is very useful for understanding the conditions in which university teachers work; as well as the optimization of human talent management that promotes high academic performance and the achievement of organizational objectives.

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