Established in 2009, it is named after the Saudi businessman and billionaire Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz al-Rajhi], who is the eponymous founder and inaugural chairman of the university.

[1] Sulaiman Al Rajhi University aims are to produce highly trained and specialized cadres of manpower as required for development.

[5] In the pursuit of creating the "Islands of Excellence," Sulaiman Al Rajhi University signed a memorandum of understanding under the patronage of H.E.

Ms. Maria Josephina Arnoldina, Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs, and in the presence of Dr. Mohammed Al Ohali, the ministry's deputy for education.

In line with Maastricht's PBL philosophy, SRC believes that the students should be personally responsible for their academic education.