Social innovation, which is very fashionable these days, is a concept that requires a more exact approach, even more so when it is explored in economic and social terms and its definition is of interest to governments. Innovation in higher education institutions is a component that in some corresponds to a subject and in others it is part of a subject. It has been identified through the scientific reading of other authors, about its importance around the development of social innovation, in addition to using a data collection technique that has been implemented with 300 students from different higher education institutions in the city of Guayaquil. The results of these surveys have made it possible to identify through descriptive research the student problems facing social innovation in their institutions, in addition to new scenarios, after the most difficult days of Covid-19.