The article presents a reflection resulting from research experience on the professional training of Social Workers from a critical intercultural perspective. It was evident that when addressing critical interculturality with undergraduate students, there are tendencies to theoricism and practicism, which coincide in the lack of autonomy of thought and critical and creative reading of reality. Critical interculturality is an academic and political commitment, which contributes to the sense of social justice in the student of social work, by strengthening the autonomy of their thinking and critical capacity to make sense of their professional training.