<p>The purpose of this scientific article is to analyze the conceptions of citizenship competencies in the students of last semester of Law of the Simón Bolívar University, Cúcuta campus, approached from the theoretical perspectives of Cortina, Camps, Bordieu, Marshall, Magendzo, Chaux and Mockus, allowing to establish four categories. The qualitative method was used, based on the Hermeneutical Historical paradigm with a Phenomenological design. Likewise, the processes of information collection were carried out using the techniques of documentary analysis and interviewing, and the analysis of results in coherence with the well-founded theory of Corbin &amp; Strauss. Obtaining as main results the identification and understanding of social perspectives in front of the citizen competences from the subjectivity and experience of the participants.</p>