Abstract
Objective: To investigate the theme of Burnout Syndrome in university professors, in Brazilian dissertations and theses. Methods: This Bibliografic Study was conducted with the support of summaries avalaible on the Portal de Periódicos da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Capes) thesis, dissertations database.The search strategy was based on the descriptors: Burn Out Syndrom Professors, Universities, Occupational Stress, fore such, 37 studies were selected concerning the time period from 2008 to 2018. Results: The research resulted in 37 studies related to Burnout Syndrome in university professors, of which 21 are academic master's dissertations, 10 are theses of doctorate and 06 are Professional master's theses. The tables show the sequence of scientific productions of Brazilian post graduate studies found in the CAPES Portal theses, referring to the topic addressed. Final considerations: It was observed the increased production on the Burn Out subject, being mainly investigated by the Business Administration field. Concerning, educational implementation emerged that only a small number of studies fucuses on the prevention of this syndrome. Thus, the necessity to alaborate searchs on Burn Out Syndrome concentrating on the intervention criteria, aiming to enhance professors and other professionals work quality.