Introduction: The present work was based on the Human Occupation Model, specifically in the volition subsystem to understand the retirement phase. Objective: Based on the theories addressed, the objective was to know the occupational perspective for the retirement of the university professors of the Health Sciences Center (CCS) of Campus I of the Federal University of Paraíba. Method: This was an exploratory-descriptive study applied with 11 university professors from the CCS from a semi-structured interview conducted in April and May of 2017 and later analyzed according to the technique of Content Analysis of Bardin. Results: The study had its results and discussions based on the following categories: how teachers perceive themselves within the planning of retirement; the factors that contribute to the exit or permanence in the work; and what is the meaning of retirement individually. Conclusion: Based on the results it is verified that the planning requires an adaptation of the individual due to the importance of the retirement phase and that by this factor it is necessary that there is an investment by the universities in projects of extension or research and even creation of groups in which planning for retirement is the issue at hand so that the factors that prevent them from experiencing this moment are reviewed and worked out so that gains can be perceived as more rewarding than losses.
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