It was established on 10/1/2003 by the Najaf Charitable Foundation after the concerted efforts of the Iraqi scientific competencies with an academic institutional work commensurate with the heritage, civilization and religious depth of the Iraqi society, and it was approved by the order of the Ministry of Higher Education. And scientific research No. 187 on 1/2/2005, according to which the university grants a bachelor’s degree in accordance with ministerial regulations, and its graduates have the right to continue their higher studies in Iraq and abroad, and they have the right to occupy what their initial university degrees qualify them for. (8437) students joined the university and graduated from it (4262). ) as a student until the academic year 2018-2019.

With the generous blessing of the legal guardian of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine, His Eminence Sayyid Ahmed Al-Safi (may his honor be long), the approval of His Excellency the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Dr. Abdul Razzaq Abdul Jalil Al-Issa, the respected, to change the name ( The University’s College of Human Studies) to (University College of Al-Kafeel University) and this comes in line with the diversity of specializations in the existing scientific departments.

After the continuous support of His Eminence, the legal guardian of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine, Sayyid Ahmad al-Safi (may his honor lasted) and the General Secretariat of the al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine, and after several years of successes and academic, research and administrative development, and the good efforts of all its affiliates Al-Kafeel University College, these efforts were crowned today by the news of the ministerial order issued by His Excellency the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Dr. Abdul Razzaq after Al-Jalil Al-Issa to transform (Al-Kafeel University College) into (AlKafeel University), which includes (College of Medicine, College of Dentistry, College of Pharmacy, College of Law, College of Technical Engineering, College of Medical and Health Technologies)

We ask Allah Almighty to support AlKafeel University journey in bringing about both quantitative and qualitative developments in the scientific, research, educational and cultural fields in our beloved country.