Knowledge management, learning methods, academic performance. In times of the second pandemic outbreak, the influence of the use of knowledge management on academic performance in students of the mining exploitation study program of the Erasmo Arellano Guillén Institute of Public Technological Higher Education, Pataz, La Libertad, Peru, was determined. The study corresponds to a non-experimental, causal correlational descriptive design. A population of 141 students and a sample of 59 were reported, chosen by non-probabilistic sample selection. The information collection instrument was the survey to determine the levels of knowledge management in students by (Velásquez, 2018), which evaluates the dimensions: Organizational culture, internal communication, development of skills and planning. For the association, the Rho Spearman coefficient was used and for the linear regression effect, registering: knowledge management and its dimensions, significantly influence (p<0.01) academic performance (r= 0.920; r2 = 84.7% r=0.897, r2=80.4%, r=0.894, r2=80.0%, r=0.770, r2=59.3%). In conclusion, knowledge management and its elements should be stimulated to increase the academic performance of mining students.