The aim of the current research is to determine the relationship between the principles of governance to achieve institutional excellence at hail University , and to achieve this goal, the current research was based on the use of descriptive analytical approach, which is based on the documentary analysis of the study variables (principles of governance and dimensions of institutional discrimination in Saudi universities in general and hail University in particular, then the researcher, and the research resulted in a number of results, the most important of which is that there is a strong correlation between the principles of governance and achieving institutional excellence at hail University