Since its beginning in 2006, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU) opened its doors concentrating on quality teaching and learning with international standards making an impact in Saudi workforce. Noteworthy steps to improve quality of education have been taken. To expose students to the work environment, PMU has established various state of the art facilities, for example establishment of MOOT court and legal clinic allows students to run simulated fictional dispute of court cases. Recently, PMU has established Prince Turki Bin Mohammad Bin Fahd center for creativity and entrepreneurship allowing students to succeed in establishing their own business based on their original ideas. To enhance the graduate profile of students, PMU has launched student research incubator inside Prince Turki`s center and research grants are granted to potential research proposals. International scholarships programs are launched to support and attract top students. PMU is the first university in the region that established a college dedicated completely for the education of the visually impaired; Prince Sultan College for the visually impaired, dedicated to offering undergraduate degrees for the visually impaired students. PMU offers its students a diverse international faculty with 90% of faculty members being from over 26 countries, thus grooming the students to operate in multicultural societies. To excel in their future life, students are trained in six global competencies: communication, critical thinking and problem solving, leadership, teamwork, professional and IT competencies; which are integrated within all activities at PMU.

PMU, established in 2006, is the first private university in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The university is the fulfillment of the vision and initiative of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Bin Abdul-Aziz, the former Governor of KSA Eastern Province. PMU’s most unique characteristic compared to all Saudi universities is its intrinsic benchmarking of its system, curriculum, defining characteristics and competencies of its graduates and the context in which its feasibility, vision and mission was designed. PMU was framed by local visionaries who partnered with carefully chosen institution building consortium of over 32 USA universities TIEC. More than 62 local and international teams of experts in higher education, curriculum design, program specification, syllabi identification and higher education governance worked for over two years to frame PMU system. This was all completed much before admitting PMU first student. By including such unique expertise at the framing stage, PMU was well positioned to inherit hundreds of years of experience in higher education in USA while preserving its Saudi identity.

The University is accredited by the Saudi Ministry of Education and by NCAAA (National Center for academic accreditation and evaluation) with responsibility for determining standards and procedures for accreditation and quality assurance and accrediting postsecondary institutions and programs within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. University is composed of five colleges: College of Engineering, College of Business, College of Sciences and Human Studies (CSHS), College of computer engineering and sciences and College of Law. Most of the programs are accredited from various international accreditation bodies, like ABET and many are in process to get accredited.