What is the function of the University in our days is one of the questions that those of us who dedicate ourselves to it should ask ourselves. The transfer of knowledge emerges as the third mission of the academy that must promote change and social development in the society. This paper aims to analyze the meaning of transfer in Social Sciences and, more specifically, in Communication Sciences, based on the experience of the 2018 transfer six-year call, and what happens in other disciplines. The contributions of the university community in terms of transfer remain in a distant position with respect to other countries of the Spanish environment. Only approximately 1% of international patents come from Spanish research. This gap between the two spheres highlights the need to encourage the transfer of knowledge as the third helix of an interactive and dynamic university model in dialogue with institutions and social agents.