It has been conferred on the Higher Education Institutions (HEI), knowledge transfer, training and development of scientific research, but it is thanks to the intellectual capital that universities achieve their corporate goals, to allow quantification and measurement intangible assets such as human, relational and structural capital to manage their resources. Proper management of intellectual capital enables a further increase in the competitiveness of higher institution. This research focused on identifying the relationship between intellectual capital and competitiveness variables in four universities in Mexico The base of intellectual capital (IC) is knowledge, intangible resource and major source of innovation in creating value for organizations and competitiveness (Diaz, 2012), it is considered a resource of knowledge that organizations use to generate a lead competitive (Kwantes, 2007). The quantitative study was cut, descriptive, explanatory and correlational in which the relationship between intellectual capital and competitiveness, implemented in IES of Mexico is established through a survey of 120 academics who collaborated on the study. The questionnaire was designed with 73 closed questions using Likert scale to inquire about the intellectual capital and the factors influencing competitiveness as IES, obtaining a Cronbach alpha reliability of .858. Frequencies were obtained by sphericity test for the characterization of teachers and factor analysis was applied to the correlation of variables finally performing the ANOVA for hypothesis testing. The methodology to analyze the correlation between intellectual capital and competitiveness variable, HEI where the study was applied. The results of the study show that planning, leadership, measurement, technology, vision and strategy, decision making, learning and knowledge in higher education institutions influencing competitiveness and create an opportunity to develop intellectual capital and increase their quality.