Education is one of the most important different elements of development that works on building the human being and developing his capabilities and energies in order to achieve sustainable development with efficiency and justice, and the society that works on educating and rehabilitating its children and provides human resources capable of operating and managing the elements of development that contribute to building a strong society with social security and political stability and economic, as it was found that education is what pushed man to the heart of the development process and made it the most important component in the development equation, and the human element in production and economic growth cannot be dispensed with, The research mainly aims to study the role of higher education and scientific research in achieving sustainable development through the following sub-objectives: (1) studying the impact of public universities in achieving sustainable development, (2) studying the role of private universities in achieving sustainable growth, (3) studying the role of education Technical and professional in achieving sustainable development goals, (4) Studying the role of research centers in achieving sustainable.