Back ground: Shared governance is both an ideal and an operational reality that pertains to ways in which policy decisions are made in colleges and universities. Aim of the study: To assess the state of shared governance of faculty as perceived by faculty nursing staff , and to identify the effects of shared governance on faculty staff commitment. Setting: The study was carried out at Faculties of Nursing at Assuit , El-Minia ,and Sohage Universities. Subjects and methods: The subjects included all faculties teaching staff who agreed to participate in the study (no =215) staff. Tools of data collection: The data collected by three different tools: I-Socio-demographic questions, II- Shared Governance Questionnaire, and III- Organizational Commitment Questionnaire. Results: There were highly statistically significant differences among the three colleges in all items of the shared governance and commitment ,There were highly positive correlation between all the shared governance items and the organizational Commitment. Conclusion : All shared governance items had highly statistically significant differences among the three colleges. The perception of shared governance between Assuit faculty staff was the best There were highly positive correlation between shared governance and the organizational Commitment. Recommendations: Constructed of shared governance in institutional structures, Providing workshop for academic leaders, and all faculty staff about shared governance