How to overcome procrastination at university?

Procrastination is a psycho-emotional phenomenon that manifests itself primarily in middle and late adolescence. The objective of this short communication was to describe alternatives for managing procrastination in university students, adapting a qualitative methodology and a literature review of various repositories (Scielo, Dialnet, among others) on the topic studied. The text is divided into three parts: 1) etiology, 2) alternatives, and 3) final comments. It concludes that procrastination affects functions derived from the cerebral cortex, which impedes adequate academic performance, promoting generalized stress and school dropout.