The paper addresses the challenges and constraints facing public universities in Yemen in the field of institutional governance.
The paper employs quantitative and qualitative methods to achieve its objectives.
The analyses of the research results indicate inadequacy in performance of Yemeni public universities in most fields of institutional governance, and that private universities perform better than public universities.
The paper assesses the possibility of adopting the principles of an institutional governance system in Yemeni public universities and identifies the means and mechanisms for reinforcing these principles.
All universities need to improve in the application of institutional governance to achieve educational and administrative objectives.
