In times of paradigm shifts, sustainability is a recurrent issue on the news and the academic circles. Universities, characterized as centers of professional training and dialogue space, have a great responsibility in education for sustainable development, since they form a large part of new managers, entrepreneurs and liberal professionals. This descriptive research aimed to measure the perception of students and teachers about the actions for sustainable development developed by a private institution of higher education in Rio de Janeiro, in the dimensions Campus, Community and Education. The data collection was performed through an online questionnaire, with a total of 758 valid answers. An interview was also conducted with a representative of the institution, to identify how the university is facing the challenge of sustainable development. The method used for data analysis consisted of the use of factorial analysis and multivariate analysis of non-parametric data variances. Thus, it was possible to create a model of hypotheses to statistically test whether factors such as perception, satisfaction and participation in actions for sustainable development are related. The analysis of results allowed us to observe how the respondents perceive the actions of the university in the dimensions of the study, besides assessing satisfaction with the actions developed, participation in activities for sustainable development and individual attitudes and behaviors. A descriptive analysis of the responses collected in the questionnaire was also performed, which, together with the results of the tests and the interviews, contributed to the achievement of the proposed objectives of the study.