It started its teaching activities in February 2021 in three colleges: Arts & Sciences, International Studies, and Business.

[citation needed] In 2017, after deciding the location, the United States Ambassador to Iraq signed an agreement that would pave the way for the university.

[3] The grounds belong to the Iraqi government, which is set to lease its facilities to the university on a fifty-year basis.

Diverted water from the Tigris River fills its lakes which some claim contain a unique species of large bass.

[3] A founder's message on the institution's website reads, "I am Saadi Saihood and my sons and I have made it our family’s mission to usher our country out of its legacy of terrorism and turbulence.