The beginning of the idea is to establish a non-profit university in the region; Sulaiman Al Rajhi University City project is considered one of the non-profit qualitative development projects located in Al-Bukairiyah on the Riyadh-Medina highway on an area of approximately 1,200,000 square meters. It includes the College of Medicine for Male and Female, the College of Applied Sciences for Male and Female, the College of Nursing, and the College of Business Administration. The University has an academic partnership with the University of Maastricht, Netherlands for the Medicine Program; One of the fruits of this partnership is the sharing of Sulaiman Al Rajhi University and Maastricht University of its program in the Faculty of Medicine in terms of curriculum and exams. SRU began in the year 1430/1431 AH, corresponding to 2009/2010 AD. In April 2015, the first batch of students (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery) graduated. In September 2015, the study began at the College of Applied Sciences (Medical Laboratories Program). In September 2016, the female section was opened. In the same year (2016), the study also began at Sulaiman Al Rajhi School of Business, and in 2018, it started the EMBA program.