Education for development has progressively become more popular in Spanish universities in parallel with the extension of cooperation for development between them. Education for development has been seen as an opportunity to promote the university’s social commitment and foster values of solidarity and justice through university education. Education for development has highlighted the educational component of the university, often subsumed by the desire for training. However, the scope of education for development and, specially, its mainstreaming in university study programs remain extremely limited. The objective of this article is to show what development education is and what role it can play in the context of university education. To this purpose we draw on to the analysis of secondary sources, by reviewing both specialized bibliography and gray literature. Our main conclusion is that education for development has not yet achieved a full adaptation to university education.