The unexpected alterations of the material environment, ecological, socio–cultural, ideological and familiar, confronting people with depression. These evidences supporter imperious need to promote mental health and social equilibrium of citizens, mostly in academic context. With the purpose of getting answers to the question "what are the levels of depression of the college students?" we have done a systematic review indexed in databases online, having selected 21 articles published between 2008 and 2017.

This review is significant to the educational system, due to the relationship between education/mental health reorganizing or recollecting the school‘s role in the prevention of risk factors. The results are projected to be an encouragement to the scientific community for future research and development support of strategic programs with specific interventions to promote mental health in university students, as well as social policies and educational.