This study aims to know to what extent competitive forms can affect the improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of private colleges in Iraq, where this study was applied in three civil colleges in Iraq, namely the Faculty of University Knowledge, The Tigris University College and the College of The University prisoners, where competitive forms were used as an independent variable that included dimensions are competition for materials and sponsors, competition for students and competition to attract the professor to seek excellence. According to the researchers, these standards can play a major role, especially in improving performance, which has been measured by the efficiency and effectiveness of private colleges.