At present, sexual harassment in higher education institutions is a problem that is increasingly visible, presenting invasive behaviors for both men and women, so efforts should be focused on eradicating these unwanted experiences. Objective To describe the situations of sexual harassment that students of a higher education institution have experienced. Methods This is a descriptive cross-sectional investigation where a non-probabilistic sample of 3731 students from Ecuadorian public universities was evaluated, previously validated and collected from 22 cases of verbal, non-verbal, physical sexual harassment, abuse of power and blackmail, to which sociodemographic aspects and closed questions about bullying in the student environment were evaluated.