Ultraviolet spectrophotometric investigation has been carried out on the rate constants for 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of 4-substituted-3-phenyloxadiazole derivatives with dipolarophiles such as phenyl acetylene, propiolic acid methyl ester and dimethylacetylene dicarboxylate. From there, the rate constants for 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition were determined at 80, 100 and 120℃, and the reaction rates were increased with increasing temperature. From these rate constants, the values of the thermodynamic activation parameters were obtained. Some thermodynamic activation parameters such as Eα, δH*, δS* and δG* from Arrhenius equation were also calculated for the electrophilic 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of 3-phenyloxadiazole derivatives with dipolarophiles. In order to the proposal the mechanism and reactivity of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction, the effect of substituents having various kinds of electron withdrawing or releasing groups were examinated. Considering the effect of substituents, an electron withdrawing group attached at the 4-carbon position in 3-phenyloxadiazole derivatives decreases the reaction rate because of the lack of electron density in 3-phenyloxadiazole ring.