Launched in 2006, PMU started operations with the approval of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for the establishment of the University and its Charter.

educational philosophy is to provide higher education opportunities, to sustain scientific research and to promote writing, translation and publishing. PMU also strives to serve the local community in the respective areas of specialty, in line with the educational policies of the Kingdom.

As stipulated in article Six of the PMU Charter, PMU is governed and managed by the PMU Board of Trustees, the University Council, the Rector and the Colleges Councils