Abstract: Using the strategic planning and recognizing of its main factors play the key role in the university successful planning. In the current study, the effective factors on strategic planning were determined for the university success. The proposed factors were found based on the experts and managers knowledge as well as the library resources. The researchers selected a population including 160 mangers in strategic planning in universities located in north of Khuzestan. A sample of 120 participants was chosen based on Morgan table. Questionnaire was used as the data gathering tool in this research. The questionnaire consisted of 10 sections including 62 questions. Reliability of the questionnaire was calculated by Cranach- Alpha correlation. Freidman test was used to recognize the significance of the research hypothesizes to find the effective factors in a university strategic planning.