The university goals constitute of becoming a leading academic institution in the Middle East and around the world.

Most significantly, the university plays an important role in the socioeconomic development of the emirate of Sharjah.

The university was established as a result of Sheikh Sultan's vision of a distinctive institution in the emirate of Sharjah, based upon Islamic architecture and history and in order to meet the demand of the surrounding society, in particular of the UAE and the Middle East.

[8] The Dhaid campus, which cost 60 million AED for construction expenditure, was inaugurated on December 17, 2015, by the president.

[11] The training stock market simulator was commenced on September 25, 2013, as part of a MoU between the university and ESCA.

Each library has been constructed on an area of more than 10,000 square meters and has the capacity to hold up to a million books.

[15] Recently, starting from Fall 2018/2019 semester they made transportation facilities even more easy for the inside campus delivering students between the buildings with specific times, drivers, and pickup location.to make students life easier all colleges are link together via air conditioned corridor.

The University of Sharjah offers the largest number of accredited programs in the United Arab Emirates.

Additionally, the Sharjah Surgical Institute (SSI), which is located in the Medical and Health Sciences campus and offers training program for surgeons from the region, was established with the cooperation of international partners, including Johnson and Johnson and Olympus Archived 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine.

[16] The Clinical Training Center (CTC) is accredited as a medical training and testing center by the: Royal College of Surgeons of England, International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO), European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), American Heart Association, and the Ministry of Health in United Arab Emirates.

[5][failed verification] As all research-led institutions around the world, the University of Sharjah (UOS) is totally committed to the advancement, discovery and support of high-quality research that addresses the major challenges of our times.