This study is considered one of the descriptive studies concerned about determining the role of civil society institutions in reforming the university education system, determining the role of civil society organizations in enriching educational curricula, determining the role of civil society organizations in developing the educational environment, defining the role of civil society organizations in scientific research and decision-making, While the second objective of the study: identifying the obstacles facing civil society organizations in their role in reforming The university education system in Egypt in various fields, and the third objective is to identify the fundamental differences between the average responses of the study community members towards the role of civil society institutions in reforming the university education system in Egypt, and it is due to the variables of gender, academic qualification, number of years of experience, and age. The study used the social survey method and it was applied to a sample of workers in civil society organizations and a sample of workers in Egyptian universities, and their number is (96), the results contains Ranking the role of civil society as following: the role of civil society organizations in the Field of higher education financing in the first rank