It was established in 1994, about 6 km to the east of the city center.

At the university's first academic semester, there were only 150 students.

In the scholastic year 2013/2014 the number of students was over 9,000 in 43 majors.

[1] The university campus houses the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Colleges of Computing and Information Society of the Association of Arab Universities.

[2] It is also the permanent residence of the general secretariat of the International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT).