It was established as an independent university in 1988.

In 1372 the Faculty of Law became an independent university.

Beginning with the academic year 2003/2004 Qassim campus became an independent university.

In 2004 the former faculty became an independent university.

The complex has just been granted the basic approval for promotion to an independent university.

The institution may eventually be chartered as an independent university in its own right.

Later that decade the two became independent universities, able for the first time to issue their own official university degree titles.

In 1975 the twin university was split into two independent universities.

When fully operational, this independent university will have a student population of up to ten thousand.

The university was dissolved in 1978 and its six campuses became independent universities.