Metacognition is a multifaceted conception, generated during educational investigations, mainly carried out during class experiences. This analysis has been handled under certain characteristics considered traditional until the situation generated by Covid-19. This work analyzes the relationship between metacognition and self-regulated learning in higher education students, through the analysis of the role that metacognitive skills have in the development of self-regulated learning in higher education students, through the study of the role of metacognitive skills in higher education. the development of self-regulated learning processes, during the 2020-2021 school period in which classes were taught in a virtual environment. The work was carried out with 50 volunteer students of the second and fourth cycle of an important higher education center, through systematic observation, and the application and analysis of a survey, it was concluded that metacognitive skills play an important role at the higher level. education students, through planning, monitoring and evaluation.