The objective of this research was to determine the relationship between personal and institutional factors and the scientific production of teachers at a private university in Trujillo. In this basic research, with a descriptive, correlational, and nonexperimental design 50 undergraduate teachers were surveyed in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of a private university in Trujillo. For data analysis, the SPSS v.26 program was used where the Chi-Square statistical test was applied and the results obtained showed that 4 personal factors and 3 institutional factors were significant in the Chi-Square test because a value of P < 0.05. Finally, it was concluded that the RENACYT category, the time of teaching service; the preference for research activity; personal time dedicated to research; teaching dedication; the workload time assigned to research, and having been trained to prepare and write articles are significant personal and institutional factors that directly influence