The study aimed to identify the reasons for the weakness of the partnership between higher education institutions [HEIs] and the private sector in Oman from the point of view of the study sample, and to reveal the differences between the responses of them about the reasons of weakness of this partnership depending on the variables of (specialization, type of institution and nature of the institution), then present suggestions to activate this partnership in light of the needs of the labor market. To achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive approach was used, and the questionnaire was used to a sample of (151) members of the faculty members in public and private HEIs in Oman. The data were processed and the results were extracted using the SPSS. The study concluded that the study sample? estimates in all axes of the reasons of weak partnership between HEIs and the private sector in Oman came with a high degree of agreement for all axes, and the reasons related to the private sector ranked first among the rest of the axes. The study sample believes that all parties concerned with partnership (policies, HEIs, private sector) share the weakness of this partnership. The study also found that there are no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (? = 0.05) in the estimates of the study sample due to the variables of specialization, the nature of the institution, and the type of institution. Accordingly, the study recommended the need to understand and analyze the nature of partnership through identification and analysis of the interests and orientations of all concerned parties, and the need for HEIs and private sector institutions to play their role in activating and developing their relationship by studying the labor market needs, and encouraging private sector institutions to participation in studies related to the fields of the labor market.