This article is in the context of debates about the mission of universities and assessment of their performance. Its main purpose is to illustrate the use of the anasynthesis process as a means of validation of a typology of conceptions of universities developed to assess their performance. Anasynthesis, term coined from the words analysis and synthesis designating the general process of elaboration of models suggested by Silvern in 1972, is based on the following steps: the analysis of a baseline, the development of a synthesis from this analysis, the formulation of a prototype model, the simulation or validation of this prototype to finally reach the formulation of an optimal model. The originality of this research and its contribution to the advancement of knowledge reside particularly in the adaptation of anasynthesis to a rigorous and systematic assessment list for evaluating higher education. While susceptible to serve as an aid to decision-making in management, the original typology generated can serve as a basis for further research specific to the development of a comprehensive evaluation model regarding performance of universities.