This study is an assessment of Good Governance in Private Universities in Medan. This study is expected to encourage the creation of efficiency, transparency and consistency in the private colleges in the city of Medan. The parameters used in the implementation of the Good Governance in Private Universities in Medan that is using the parameters of transparency, participation, supremacy of law, accountability, and effectiveness. To obtain the necessary data in this study, researchers used data collection techniques by means of a survey. Researchers conducted by distributing questionnaires to teachers and / or employees of the Private University in the city of Medan. The results show that good governance has been applied to the Private University in Medan, and most respondents expressed approval that transparency, participation, supremacy of law or regulatory compliance, akuntabulitas and effectiveness already well underway. This is supported by the statistical results of assessment of implementation of good governance in the private university in the city of Medan that have implemented the transparency of 86%, the aspect of participation of 88%, this aspect of the rule of law by 84%, the accountability of 51%, and aspects of the effectiveness of 86%. social infrastructure; political inclination; and the importance of higher education in national development objectives." Additionally, the involvement of multiple actors (i.e. the underlying power relationship) has played a vital role in defining the requirements for new governance and accountability mechanisms ((Tom Christensen and Laegreid, 2007).As for the aspect or parameter measurement of good governance and good corporate governance are very varied, including: (1) Transparency; (2) participation;(3) accountability; (4) Responsibility; (5) independency; (6) fairness; (7) the rule of law; and (8) efficiency and effectiviteness. But in this study, measurement parameters in the limit on the aspects (1) Transparency; (2) participation; (3) responsibility; (4) the rule of law; and (5) efficiency and effectiviteness.The study was based by the desire and efforts to improve the quality of universities, especially private universities, the demands of society who are eager availability of high-quality private universities. Researchers saw that the one that can be taken to make private universities is powerful, high quality, and can develop in a sustainable (sustainability development), is through improving the quality of good governancenya. This study will practically useful for the private university in the city of Medan. The benefits and impacts arising from the implementation of good governance is to make the private university is powerful, high quality, and can develop in a sustainable manner, through the improvement of good quality governancenya so as to improve the quality of private universities in the city of Medan.Prior research on governance, in pursuit of understanding how higher education institutions are structured and managed, is based predominantly on Weste...