It offers undergraduate courses.

It is the first non-profit university teaching in the Somali language.

In 1999, SIMAD was established as an institute of higher learning.

After 11 years, the board of trustees upgraded the institute into a full-fledged university on January 20, 2011.

[1] The supreme governance bodies of the university are made up of: Source:[2] SIMAD is registered as a private, non-profit higher education institution under the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Culture (Somalia).